I feel for you. I’ve had girlfriends who lived with loser boyfriends bc they couldn’t find or afford housing on their own. I also have a feeling that a lot of couples live together more bc of housing than bc they want to be together 24/7.

Several years ago a friend was able to get out of an abusive marriage abs buy a fixer upper in town for under $200,000. That would never happen today. Airbnb investors started buying property in my town during Covid.