It's insane how many people are defending this and how common of an occurrence it is?
Soon as I turned 18 and I made enough money through some serious hours at 3 jobs that I got my own transport and my own place. It is the independence. The ease of not being judged by my mother for everything, basically a first step in my ambition of making it in life!
The whole excuse for the housing market just shows his lack of ambition. Get a rental property to build up a credit profile and then have enough ambition to earn enough money to buy your own property! I'm only 22 and I was in the process of shopping for a house, until I had a change of heart and decided to get education.
This guy sounds like a loser to me, settles for comfort over investing in his future. I bet he works in Tescos as a stacker and thinks his wage is something quite good.