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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nJust two years out of high school, Deondre Island is feeling the weight of adulthood. He relies on his car to get around town, but when the day is done his car becomes the place he calls home and now he\u2019s worried he may be priced out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCar insurance is the one big issue that\u2019s setting me back,\u201d said Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Island works full-time, but his paycheck is unable to keep up with the rising price of housing and car insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRight now, my car is the only shelter that I have,\u201d said Island. \u201cSo if my car is gone then I\u2019m going to be back on the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Carrie Boucher is the founder of the nonprofit Nomad Studio. She\u2019s been a mentor to Island over the last five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recently, she\u2019s noticed the influx of financial instability young adults across the region are facing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA lot of times we don\u2019t think of auto insurance as a basic need that we have,\u201d said Boucher. \u201cWe think of food, shelter, and clothing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The United Way is reporting the average cost to maintain a car in Florida is nearly $360 per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Insurance companies are charging more as repairs become more expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe auto insurance market across all age groups and across all geographies is very disrupted right now,\u201d said Ron Assise, senior vice president of The Horton Group. \u201cThey claim it\u2019s 61 percent more than it is 3 years ago to fix a vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n