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theoriginalchingy: Paying Rent on Minimum Wage - “As part of its 2012 report on rent affordability, the National Low Income Housing Coalition released a chart that’s been floating around the Internet. It shows that there isn’t a single state in the country where it’s possible to work 40 hours per week at minimum wage and afford a two-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent… …By “affordable,” the Coalition means paying no more than 30 percent of income for housing costs (rent and utilities)…”  via NYT.

theoriginalchingy:

Paying Rent on Minimum Wage - “As part of its 2012 report on rent affordability, the National Low Income Housing Coalition released a chart that’s been floating around the Internet. It shows that there isn’t a single state in the country where it’s possible to work 40 hours per week at minimum wage and afford a two-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent…

…By “affordable,” the Coalition means paying no more than 30 percent of income for housing costs (rent and utilities)…” 

via NYT.

(Source: theoriginalchingy)

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