Horrendous rent

I moved here for better opportunity for myself and my children. We moved from Kansas in 2020. Cost of living varies greatly, and it is higher here than in Kansas. So as a stepping stone I lived in a house and shared space with my cousin when first moving here. Then our rental house was sold. We had to stay in a stop gap situation for about 45 days after moving out. The owner gave us 30 days to move. (That is not realistic here). I found a small two bedroom apartment for 1300, now it’s going to be 1795 a month.. it fridge go oh every year. Nothing has been updated until this year.. I’m a single parent. Moving out into something bigger is proving almost impossible on my income. I don’t have a bedroom in my apartment bc I can’t afford a 3 bedroom. We need significantly more low income housing options. All the cheap places are for twenty something’s in wwc or wwu… I’m also a full time student. But don’t qualify for student housing.. the people with the most perks are those who don’t need them. It’s sad. In the richest country, we have so many in poverty, and homeless.