2026-09-29 22:36 UTC
There isn't A SINGLE STATE in America where a full time minimum wage worker can afford a modest 2 bd apartment.
According to the 2026 National Low Income Housing Coalition report, you now need to earn $34.73 an hour to afford a modest two-bedroom rental without spending more than 30% of your income on housing.
The federal minimum wage?
$7.25 an hour.
When housing costs and income are this far apart, budgeting alone isn’t closing that gap.
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@Gaian@bookstodon.com 2026-09-29 22:56
@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social but...but...'affordable housing!' because nothing says 'affordable' like housing subsidies. just one more way the rich get 'bailed out' and the poor get shafted! politicians: "what are we going to do about all these homeless people?" also politicians: **dump truckloads of cash into bank accounts of landlords and developers**
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@Beachbum@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-10-01 22:29
@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social It’s so sad.