Report: Minimum Wage In U.S. Cities Not Enough To Afford Rent

Around the country, renter households would need to make $19.35 an hour working full time to afford a two-bedroom unit, which is $4 more than the estimated average wage of U.S. workers, according to the report released on Tuesday by the National Low Income Housing Coalition. Rental affordability has grown as a challenge in recent years due to a number of factors, including increasing demand as more people choose to rent or are forced to because they can't get mortgages; a relative lack of rental construction in recent years in comparison to past cycles; and stagnant wage growth....(read more)

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