What changes are they making, or what changes have been made for them, that allow them to meet their subsistence needs this way? Is it really just the trope th

What changes are they making, or what changes have been made for them, that allow them to meet their subsistence needs this way? Is it really just the trope that they've moved into mom and dad's basement and aren't doing anything? Are the older generations picking up the slack of providing for the younger ones? I think I just still haven't wrapped my head around how people who used to feel like they "had to work" their dead-end jobs because they needed to pay rent, gas, and food, suddenly realized they could stop working their dead-end jobs and still cover rent, gas, and food. It made sense while there were additional government support programs in place, but I thought most of those had ended. Are there enough still going to explain this? Or is it something else?