Rent rises

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I posted before how my now fiance and i were trying to get a house well with being engaged we put it second but are still looking. The frustrating part is the housing costs are rising but not our pay. The minimum wage here is 9.30 but that doesn't really help. My moms friend has lived in the same 1 bed room apartment for 13 years and they just raised their rent to 1700. But with our minimum wage it's less than 1500 you're earning before taxes get taken out and that's full time. It sucks because so many people I know work full time and still have to move back in with their parents or have a ton of roommates. When Colorado made weed legal so many people moved here and now we have people who work full time that are homeless or families having to live in motels and even that is stopping because motels that are pretty crappy are now charging ridiculous amounts to stay there. It's very irritating. I wish there was a law that cost of living and salary kept up with each other or that apartments and everyone couldn't just raise their prices whenever they feel. Even if you have two people working to pay rent plus eletric and everything else you're barely making it. I hate it.