Rent prices are out of control

I’m looking for a 1bd apartment and struggling to find anything within my budget. Most options in my budget are private rooms.

I’m in my 30s working a full-time federal job. I make decent money, but I don’t know how I’m going to continue to survive. I know I’m not alone either, I know a lot of people are struggling.

I don’t know how I’m going to be able to keep living here and more importantly I don’t understand how everyone else is making it, especially those with less financially compensating jobs and support.

We have to do something, because this is unsustainable, but I have no idea what that is.