Housing Costs Are High Despite Wage Increases

Accordint to a report by an affordable housing coalition, housing cost are still too expensive despite wage increases.

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May 6, 2003, 12:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Wage increases aren't keeping up with rising housing costs, whether for low-income workers like janitors or middle-income teachers and police officers, according to a study Monday by an affordable housing coalition...The National Housing Conference study focused on how affordable it was in 2001 for teachers, janitors, police officers, nurses and retail salespeople to pay for housing."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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