My mother is in her 80's and has been living on only SS for 20 years. In the beginning it was no problem, she had always lived a frugal lifestyle having grown up during the Depression. She had a paid for home in a double-wide senior community in Florida and was terribly happy. It all started falling apart about 10 years ago and 3 years ago she had to move in with me. She gets $780 a month and with no expenses now she is living happily.
Aaron what happened was her senior community was sold to a conglomerate and they promptly raised lot rents by $150 a month. Then they began charging for the water bill which had been free before. Then the hurricanes hit and that was the final blow.
