Maybe not in San Fransico, but it's more than enough in nearly every small town in the midwest. I've had rents as low as $225/month w/ all utilities included (newly furnished/redone kitchen, no obvious problems). That's low enough that ~ 1 week of McDonald's work will have paid for your rent, the other 3 weeks of monthly income can go to food ($100-150) and assorted needs like toiletries ($20-50). That still leaves you with ~$500/month after essentials which is honestly more than most people making $30-50k/yr actually put away into savings.
The issue with the homeless isn't that the jobs don't pay enough to keep them off the streets, it's that they lack the mental faculties to hold onto even the most basic of jobs. Alternatively they're just exploiting suckers for easy money- a reality that many feel-good white evangelists like to pretend isn't a significant reality.
The issue with the homeless isn't that the jobs don't pay enough to keep them off the streets, it's that they lack the mental faculties to hold onto even the most basic of jobs. Alternatively they're just exploiting suckers for easy money- a reality that many feel-good white evangelists like to pretend isn't a significant reality.