Homeless guy has full time job, still can't pay rent. I wish him well though.

@michelle44 I fully agree! That could easily be me. In fact my wages wouldn't even cover under a living wage in one of those cities, so I know that's easily me lol.

@michelle44 This is so true!!

@michelle44 I have heard many are but one pay away from being homeless. People cannot save for emergencies. People have to choose between food and shelter. Many cannot afford a vehicle as they use public transportation. And in other countries where there isn't universal healthcare, people are barely able to work because they are ill a lot. There has to be a better way.

@SW-User Well the guy in the video explains that in Pasadena for example they have a requirement that your income has to be at least 3 times that of actual rent. Singles go for 1,800.

It's crazy so that basically outs a bunch of people from getting shelter. If I made 10 hourly in California (not saying that's what the man makes, just for example) I would be homeless too because there's no way I could afford shelter for about 700 monthly anymore.

Well with the cost of other expenses I wouldn't even have that to live off of really.

@SatanBurger I understand what you mean. Actually here it's almost the same, there's an expectation that your rent is no more than a third of your income, but the problem is for many people including me, the average rent is about half of our income and then there's the electricity, gas, water bills etc so the only way I can afford to rent is to share with someone who I don't get along with. This is one reason why so many people get into relationships very early, so they can move out of home without having to share with just anyone.

@Crazywaterspring I agree. Kids that are homeless are often homeless because their parents were either abusive or taken away from them. On that same channel there was a woman talking about how she came from a really abusive family and instead of putting up with it, left when she was younger. She was perhaps more happier than anyone I see in this world.

I'm glad that people find positive ways of dealing with these problems but it breaks my heart that we have this type of system that is clearly broken.