I own the house I live in now but I used to pay around $300 a month for rent and my living allowance is around $350 a month together with my family.
My parents own the house so luckily no rent for me. The rent of the house similar to ours would be around $175-$200/month here.
Used to be £760 / $1500 or so. House prices are hyauge here. Recent research showed that in order to buy a place in central Cambridge you need to be earning like 70k/year.