There is nowhere in this country where someone working a full-time minimum wage job could afford to rent a two-bedroom apartment, according to an annual report released Thursday documenting the gap between wages and the cost of rental housing.
Downsizing to a one-bedroom will only get you so far on minimum wage. Such housing is affordable in only 12 counties [in the entire country] located in Arizona, Oregon and Washington states, according to the report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
this is why people cant have kids. this is why there are homeless single mothers. this is why people dont leave abusive relationships.
and under the new GOP tax plan, which changes literally the entire
economy and cuts all entitlement, social, and local programs so the
superrich can get a measley tax cut, it’s about to get way way way worsethese are what the bill does. we have until the 30th to convince your senators to vote against it.
call your house rep: https://www.house.gov/
call your senate rep: https://www.senate.gov/
call your governor: https://www.nga.org/cms/governors/bios
Nowhere in America can a full-time minimum wage worker afford to rent a two-bedroom apartment
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