The family lives under poor condition because of the lack of job opportunities that color people had. The main jobs that they were "accepted" was domestic, and serving others, as Walter's familly did. Out of the five people that are living in the house, ony three are actually working, and Walter in occasion does not take his job seriously, since he is not pleased with what he does. Beneatha is studing and demands money, not only in her studies, but also for her pleasure. As Ruth mentions when Beneatha was taking horse lesson and they paid $50 for the suit she needed, and Beneatha did not last. $50 may not seem alot to many today, but in the 50's it was a lot.
When it comes to the issue of them moving into a neighborhood that did not want them, as Mama said, they were proud people. The deserved more than what they had, and no color should be an obstacle for that. Not to mention that it had always been a dream of Big Walter.
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