All it proves is that there is a big housing shortage.
Have you tried taking your van somewhere where housing is dirt cheap?
I hear small poor towns are better at taking care of the downtrodden too. Walk into the church poor people go to, and see what happens.
And go to a poor town? And not have healthcare, be away from my friends and support? But yes, I have tried it. They ask me what I do and when I say I am on disability they deny me the rental. And many of these towns will not let you live in your van while you are looking.
It is inequality, not a shortage.
I am telling you, you have no idea what it is like.
Advice that I've usually found more valuable was formatted as "here's an option and here are the possible pros and cons". These people also did more listening than 'should-ing'. They also didn't have the audacity to tell you what is best, which is implied by 'should', because they weren't in your shoes and neither completely informed of the context so how would they know what's best?
Which is a symptom of people not caring.