Was married, both working, in school, and never had a two bedroom apartment.
I never left my parents UNTIL I could support myself ... and it was FAR from luxurious
In the meantime, I went to night school to get a better job and ended up with TWO jobs so I could move to a better place.
It’s called WORK...whether you do that in school (mandatory-unless you are really hard-core lazy and stupid )or in the actual workplace.
Lucky for YOU in America, education through HS is free... and it’s the perfect beginning place for jumping into a career. If you cut classes, if you slept through your classes, if you didn’t take full advantage of the public school experience... don’t come whining to ME!
BTW-In HS I worked my a^% off... all my friends went to games, parties, etc. I stayed in and did my homework... school was not party time for me and it is not meant to be. Unless daddy is a millionaire.... you WORK at getting your grades...or else!
Standing around waiting for hand outs will NOT work.
The pea shell truck in this propaganda is that it measures housing affordability for a single person, who does not need a 2-bedroom apartment. Housing affordability is typically measured by Household Income not Individual Income. It also doesn’t consider those working in minimum wage jobs but living with parents to save up money to buy a home. I spoke with an automatic garage door repair guy yesterday who makes like $25 a service call. He and his wife lived with his parents and “ate boloney sandwiches” and drove used cars so they could save up to half the price of a home. Now there mortgage payment is $400 per month (less than rent).
Either raise the minimum wage to say $100/hr or give away free homes.....
“Not even in Arkansas, the state with the cheapest housing in the country. One would need to earn $13.84 an hour — about $29,000 a year — to afford a two-bedroom apartment there. The minimum wage in Arkansas is $8.50 an hour.” I retired about 5 yrs. ago & most years working at a skilled job,I never made $29000. Looks to me like rent is clear out of proportion to most working folks’ earnings.