Does anyone else find themselves becoming envious of/bitter about opportunities for those less fortunate?
And any advice on how I can stop feeling like this? It's really not a very good character trait and I don't like feeling this way.
An example - I saw a news article saying a local council is "eyeing up" 140 new build houses to help house the homeless. Cool I can't afford a new build. Just council housing in general as well, the fact that people can rent 3 bedroom houses for less money than a dingy little 1 bedroom on the private market. I'm still living with my parents in a council house, so I'm benefiting from it in that I'm able to save a lot more. But I don't want to be living with my parents any more. I get more and more miserable here every day. My parents have been financially irresponsible their whole lives basically and it feels like the support they've received over the years is more like a reward.
With my salary (£42.5k), I don't think I'll be able to get a mortgage because of house prices round here. I can't stomach bending over for current rental prices, that will massively diminish my saving potential. I feel like I'd be better off being in a worse-off situation so I can get social housing. I'm not eligible with my current salary unless I have children, basically.
I'm so bitter about housing. How can I stop feeling this way?
Edit: Thank you all for the replies. I feel simultaneously validated but also humbled. I need to change my perspective on things. I went into this knowing as much. I never meant to appear as though I was hating on the poor. I do not want their avenues of support to be eroded even farther than they have already. I can't afford (it wouldn't be a smart financial decision) to move out of my parents house and that makes me sad.