I'm sorry if I'm being too blunt, but it looks like you just cannot afford that location any more. It could really be wise to consider moving.

your comment honors your handle,

That being said, this is about unemployment not affordability. I can afford where I am, if I had a job

If you can afford it, carry on! But your other comments suggest otherwise.

Hypothetically being able to afford something if things were hypothetically different is not an indicator of what is affordable in reality.

> Hypothetically being able to afford something if things were hypothetically different is not an indicator of what is affordable in reality.

unemployment is an extraordinary circumstance for me. Extraordinary circumstances affect affordability in an extraordinary way.

even with employment far below my usual pay I can afford where I am.

I admittedly missed that you found a job. Congratulations!