^ and that is exactly how it will play out.

When I was in Orlando in the 80s There was 3000 people a day moving into the state,we used to buy houses in the downtown and divide it up into sleeping rooms.

$50 a week got you a bedroom and shared bathroom,no different then during the depression or when the cities were in decline,large homes were divided up,look back when there were boarding houses in the 20s 30s 40s 50s they were all modes of cheap housing for singles later they were renamed flop houses and shunned.

I bought a 1920s house in Tampa that was two story 8 bedrooms,the second floor had a hallway down the center,men on the left women on the right,4 residents per bedroom.

It was cheap affordable housing for the single cigar factory workers.

They showered,ate and socialized at the social club,a bedroom was just a place for one to lay thier head.

Off shoots of that are being built by a private company,they have 3 so far new built 10 bedroom houses,$500 a month gets you a bedroom and use of the common space.

People say everybody had a house in the 50s etc but they forget the country was in a 10 year depression then a world war,the 50s was pent up demand being released and even at that,like others have posted,most blue collar workers bought houses where the children shared bedrooms,I grew up sharing a bedroom with two other brothers.

Now most feel that every child needs a separate bedroom,which adds sqft and costs more which give an excuse that there is no affordable housing.

Used to be a single person or couple would buy a cheap little starter home and as the family grew they sold and used the equity to buy a bigger house.

Now it’s gotta be that dream house right off the bat and if they cannot afford it,it is back to the there is no housing options again.

There are alway options,they may not be ideal situations but as a starting point they are there,but it is easier to just say they are not there.

When you get to places like in California and Seattle where you have 10s of thousands sleeping in the streets then you have a problem,that is a lack of leadership generated issue and not a lack of options issue.

It is not a problem centered on a particular city or a problem that has not been going on for centuries,nobody has been able to come up with an ideal solution in 1000 years.

The Hispanics,Asians,and others come close when they fit 3 families in a 2 bedroom house and in Japan it is not uncommon to find generations living in the same house.

We view the 30 year old living in thier parents basement as a negative but if it is okay with the parents and they have the room and the person is contributing to the household expenses how is that a negative?

We are actually one of the few countries that view not leaving the nest at age 18 as a form of a personal failure.