Housing Out of Reach

Marc Rodrigues cuito61 at onebox.com
Wed Sep 18 21:36:02 PDT 2002


[how many hundreds of billions of dollars will the pulverization of Iraq cost?]

The National Low Income Housing Coalition, in its annual ''Out of Reach'' report, found that the average U.S. employee must make nearly three times the federal minimum wage, or about $14.66 an hour, to afford a modest two-bedroom rental and still pay for food and other basic needs.

In Massachusetts, that figure was $21.14 an hour, the highest overall for a state. The figure for the Boston area was $25.83, which was exceeded by several California markets.

full article: http://www.boston.com/dailynews/261/economy/Affordable_housing_lacking_for:.shtml

link to report: www.nlihc.org/oor2002

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