I think you are under the impression
that anyone under 21 applying for a house is immediately accepted and given a three bedroomed semi-detached with all mod cons and a 50 sq. ft. reception area. Not so, at least around here. I have a friend who was legitimately thrown out by his parents at 18, and he was given a one-room bedsit with drug dealers and intermittent electricity.

Not somewhere you'd want to have your kids sleep over, even if there was somewhere for them to sleep.I sympathise with the plight of the 35 year old in this example, but the fact remains that by the age of 35, you should have the experience and earning power (and possibly savings) to get yourself back on your own two feet, something which is distinctly harder when you're 18 and have just been slung out on the street.
( Shegetz Chris Kamara's comedy moustache, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 14:38, archived)

No I'm not
I also know you're 25 when you're given a house. I just know that even when you are given a bedsit, you can bid on houses in certain places, and if there's nobody at that precise bidding season needing a house, then that house can be filled up by an unemployed 19 year old with no view to work because it's easier to sit on your arse.
( Methylene Blue - electrohead, Tue 5 Feb 2008, 14:44, archived)