A friend is homeless. She has her stuff in a storage container for $130/mo, gets her mail at a po box for $12/mo. Owner told her she couldn't stay there so she got a job at hotel making 1600/mo. They let her stay there for $200/week
So her “housing” totaled $1,009/mo. Then Po Box went to $15, storage went to $160, then $190, and hotel went to $258. Now her “housing” is $1,324.
Also food is far more expensive because it has yo be a restaurant or prepared foods as she has no oven.
She's been applying for a second job but hasn't found another job. She also didn't get a raise at this job, oh and also got fired