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Monday, December 20, 2004

Housing Report Shows Poor Are In Danger

   By Emelius at 6:31 PM

      The National Low Income Housing Coalition released a report that states that:


In only four of the nation’s 3,066 counties can someone working full-time and earning federal minimum wage afford to pay rent and utilities on a one-bedroom apartment



      The report goes on to describe that an average person working in the US would need $15.37 an hour to pay for rent and utilities. That number is far less than the federal minimum wage of $5.15 an hour and enough to cripple many Americans attempting to live life on their own. MSNBC broke down the report and gives the glancing details.

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