LesterP, with a 2.8% unemployment rate it’s not they can’t get jobs. they live at home because the jobs don’t pay a living wage for them to rent a place of their own.  Almost 50% of all college students in Hawaii have student debt. when a fire burns down a three bedroom house in kalihi or other working class neighborhood and 28 people from three or four families, are suddenly homeless, you probably think they are just too cheap to get their own place. We old people have spent all the money, and created a huge national debt, so there is nothing left for our kids. The rich have trillions, in cash, but don’t expect any help from them.