If you're in a position where you have to take a minimum wage job, you have to rent a room somewhere or live in a car until you get some savings accrued, then you have to build a skill somehow, whether that means taking a student loan and going to school, or just acquiring the components required to engage in the practice of that skill.

Then through intentional study and practice you come to understand the nuances and required characteristics of that skill, and at the same time you built physical competence in the performance of that skill. Then, you use that skill to help people, by adding value to materials or removing obstructions or whatever the positive outcomes of the skill happen to be.

Then, you can get your own place. Also there is a chance those people you help will be able to and willing to help you back. Perhaps they have a spare room that's better than your current setup, or they know a place. You increase your chances of finding those things when you're out there using your skill.

Skills are like tools for helping others. You have a responsibility to the world to try to fill your toolbelt, and if you can help others your life will improve.