I am in a professional job, earn around the national UK income and I can't afford anything but shared housing where I currently live. The sign of my relative wealth and privilege is I can afford a shared house with a living room. And if that's what someone doing a typical white collar job can afford where I live, what does it mean for people who earn below that?It's definitely private rentals that are the biggest problem. Renting is very expensive. Their needs to be a call for sensible rent prices to help people afford to pay them.
My brother lived in an all be it very nice flat for a time but the rent was extortionate, so he had to move.
If I got pregnant I'd have to abort even if I wanted the baby because I simply could not afford it - and I don't even see myself as 'poor' as Jack does - for the fact that I can afford a place with a living room and to put money in savings for emergencies and for the possibility of a house if I can move somewhere cheaper later on.