Nation's Affordable Housing Gap Worsening

25 December 2001 - 7:00am

A report from the National Housing Conference, a nonprofit coalition of industry experts, advocates and academics, reveals affordable housing shortage affecting the working poor.

The average janitor earns enough to rent a one-bedroom apartment and pay for life's other necessities in just six of the nations's 60 largest cities. A retail salesperson can make ends meet in half that many locations. Both can forget about buying a home.

Source: The Charlotte Observer, December 24, 2001
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.