Friday Distraction: Working To Pay the Rent [infographic]
This chart just blew me away. It represents how many hours a minimum wage employee needs to work in order to afford a two-bedroom apartment. Nowhere in the United States can it be done in 40-hours.
Most employees spend half of their working hours just paying the rent. That doesn’t leave much left for things like food, electricity, water, etc.
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The National Low Income Housing Coalition, which supplied this graphic, has lots of very interesting information on their site. I hope you’ll check it out when you have a chance.
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