What is the answer? Rent a room, work two jobs. Relocate outside of Honolulu where it's cheaper to live. If you can't rent a room for $500 or less you're not really looking. If you have to sleep in a shelter until you save up enough money to rent, then DO IT. I know you can feed yourself easily for $300 or less. You HAVE to make sacrifices to live here or move to another island or somewhere cheaper on the mainland. A person has to do what he has to do.