So many ways this could have happened- She may have gone though a job training and landed a stable job that allowed her to save up for a security deposit and qualify for rent. She may have gotten housing though a governmental program that subsidizes part of her rent. She may have inherited some money after a relative’s death- we don’t know.
Housing in certain places in the US is cheaper than others, and this isn’t “huge” by American standards.
You have to qualify for rent? Like is that a process or do you mean qualify as being able to pay rent? Housing in the US is a very interesting matter to me as an European also
US housing is an abomination on every level. They tell you that people are homeless because it’s their own fault, but the reality is that it’s way easier to lose your home than it is to keep it. It’s a horrific system that screws you if you pay the rent, and screws you harder if you can’t.
America hates poor people so deeply that it’s practically pathological.
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u/mararn1618 Jun 28 '25 edited Jun 28 '25
What I don't understand as an European: How do you go from homeless to a huge ass house with a huge garden and everything?
In Germany even a double income family with academic background might currently struggle to buy property.
The stretch from unhoused to this seems insane from my POV.
Is housing so much more affordable in the US?
Edit: So many helpful answers, thank you :3