If goods are there, they often have to resort to some other means of getting them, like having connections. Rent for a nice flat is 32 marks. Money is not the problem, but rather, the lack of goods and decent distribution of the existing goods. People buy houses and fix them up, so that nice interiors sometimes exist in houses that have shabby exteriors. There is a long wait for building materials, years, in fact.
People have children in order to get housing.
There is a monetary reward system for having children. Most women work. They also do most of the standing on lines, which can take hours, leaving work several times a day if necessary. There are lots of women judges and doctors, but basically, Dad is in charge of the family, period. He expects dinner on the table at supper time.