The UK market is doing poorly but I changed to a commute where 3 days a week is unrealistic. I can be onsite once a month :)
That being said, this is about unemployment not affordability. I can afford where I am, if I had a job
Hypothetically being able to afford something if things were hypothetically different is not an indicator of what is affordable in reality.
unemployment is an extraordinary circumstance for me. Extraordinary circumstances affect affordability in an extraordinary way.
even with employment far below my usual pay I can afford where I am.