That he can afford this year. He’ll be stuck on 28k/yr until the day he dies. Consider how much rent has gone up since 2020. How long do you think he’d be able to afford living if rent keeps going up at the rate it has lately? Much less other bills like groceries.

And you might be thinking “Oh, well he can just go to one of those rent controlled 55+ places”, but even those go up eventually, and quite frankly I’m not sure if there are enough of them for all the elderly baby boomers in this country.

I think this might be a classic case of hating the player instead of the game.