Reply #11: I can - I live on $694 a month and get $169 food stamps and medicare.

[jwirr]

I do not get a housing voucher because there is a waiting list so long it is not possible. I make it through the month with about $50 of personal spending money. It is not easy. But we are not the only ones - in fact if you happen to be a single young man/woman you get what is called General Assistance and that is usually something like $280 a month plus food stamps, medical assistance and if you are lucky you find someone to live with.

That is why there are so many young who are homeless or living at home for years.