Wow, I've never considered just building my own apartment complex!  I'll get right on that. Seriously, what you seem to fail to understand is that rents are high all over the area--maybe more ghettos should just be built that more people can afford.  It must be different for you, but in my family, we do not raise children to just dump Grandmas on the street when they have outlived their usefulness or have a hard time paying the rent. I helped my son and now he helps me.  My grandparents lived with me as a child, and I cherish that time with them and miss them. My son still speaks several times a week to his out of town paternal grandmother who used to babysit him after school as a child.  My family enjoys being together and taking care of each other.  I know that is not the usual "American Way"--most "illegal aliens" take better care of their own than many Americans do.  I wish you the best of luck with your own family "fish fry".