After Recession, More Young Adults Are Living on Street
SEATTLE — Duane Taylor was studying the humanities in community college and living in his own place when he lost his job in a round of layoffs. Then he found, and lost, a second job. And a third.
Now, with what he calls “lowered standards” and a tenuous new position at a Jack in the Box restaurant, Mr. Taylor, 24, does not make enough to rent an apartment or share one. He sleeps on a mat in a homeless shelter, except when his sister lets him crash on her couch.
“At any time I could lose my job, my security,” said Mr. Taylor, explaining how he was always the last hired and the first fired. “I’d like to be able to support myself. That’s my only goal.”
Across the country, tens of thousands of underemployed and jobless young people, many with college credits or work histories, are struggling to house themselves in the wake of the recession, which has left workers between the ages of 18 and 24 with the highest unemployment rate of all adults.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/19/us/since-recession-more-young-americans-are-homeless.html?ref=us&_r=0
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and all of them have spent some time in the last year staying with us because their families believe it is their fault they can't find enough work to pay rent. My own sons would have been homeless at some points in the last 4 years if I ascribed to the same fallacy.
In January, the eldest is moving back in because with one full time and one part time job, he's barely making enough for rent, child care and car payment/insurance/gas. Usually nothing left for food, unless he gets overtime. I'm just blessed that we have this big house and everyone can fit. 
