It's twofold. On the one hand government prevents affordable housing from being built, and it taxes us out of the home even further. On the other hand, for those who work lower wages there is Earned Income Credit, which translates to $1K-$4K each year, and therein there's babysitting money, and catching up the power bill etc. but all too often case workers will tell you the majority squandered their EIC on tattoo's and piercings and high def TV's...My position being, at the least, refund the property taxes collected in rents and housing becomes more affordable, and restore the neighbor lady stay at home mom to earn side money babysitting more than 1 kid like we managed to do for 400 years before liberalism saved us.