Do some poor people, who were, perhaps, raised in poverty, not understand what it takes to live fairly comfortably?

A couple of years ago we were considering renting out our house, to move. It is the second house I’ve owned in my life.
My mortgage was $890—$960 a month. I’ve been here 15 years, so it has varied over the years.

When I threw out some feelers I got some interest. I said the rent would be $1,000 per month. One girl just ripped me a new one. She was snarling about how rich people are all just trying to get richer on the backs of the poor people, and why don’t we rent at a price poor people can afford!
When I said that A) I wasn’t rich and B) that was the cost of my mortgage she basically told me I was full of shit and I was just trying to rip poor people off.
When I asked her what she would consider fair she said, $500 – $600 a month, “max.”
I said, well who would be responsible for the other $400 – $500?
She said it was my house, it was my responsibility, and I needed to give poor people a break.

So I backed out.

What is your take on that discussion?