How long do the narrator's parents plan to live in the house on Mango Street?

The very first vignette in the book is also titled "The House on Mango Street." In it, Esperanza explains that her family was living on the third floor of an apartment building on a street called Loomis. They had to leave because the pipes broke and their stingy landlord wouldn't fix them. Her parents had always dreamed of buying a luxurious home, which had everything they ever wanted; so when they moved to the house on Mango Street, she was very disappointed. Her mother tells her that living on this street is only "For the time being;" and Papa says that it is only "Temporary" (5). The fact that her parents tell her that they won't be there forever gives Esperanza hope that she and her family will one day leave the barrio. Unfortunately, her hopes change over the course of the book from leaving with her family to just leaving by herself as she grows up. One year drags on to the next until the narrator says that she will buy her own house one day.