people like louise humphrey are experiencing the housing crisis 1st hand. after a long search, she finally found an apartment to rent. but peace of mind is proving elusive with both her wallet and her nerves. strange home sweet home. louise humphrey never thought she'd be so happy to live in a one bedroom apartment. she and her boyfriend jo pay the equivalent of $1600.00 euros rent before utilities for their 45 square meter flat. they lived far from the center of london. both have university degrees and good jobs, and are in their early thirties. they found this apartment after 2 months of flat hunting. they've you dozens of places and sometimes even paid for viewings. they were up against hundreds of other flat hunters. one of the places that i viewed when i was looking didn't even have a real kitchen. you essentially opened a cupboard and there was like a sink, a microwave. and that's for it's, you know, and i just thought, oh my god, like a true sure lives like this. i guess that's one reason why 33 year old louise isn't too fussy about the state of per