Study Finds Americans Troubled By Lack Of Affordable Housing

Working families consider the lack of affordable homes as big a problem as the lack of affordable health care.

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June 27, 2002, 9:00 AM PDT

Working families consider the lack of affordable homes as big a problem as the lack of affordable health care, according to a study by the Fannie Mae Foundation. Roughly the same percentage of working Americans (41 percent) believe the lack of affordable homes is a very or fairly big problem as compared to the lack of affordable health care (39 percent), and more believe it is a very or fairly big problem than high unemployment (34 percent) or crime (20 percent). In addition, 46 percent of working families say there are few to no good options for families in similar financial situations looking for affordable places to live. Editor's note: The link below is to a large Adobe PDF file.

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Thursday, June 27, 2002 in Fannie Mae Foundation

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