From the National Low Income Housing Coalition (http://www.nlihc.org):
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released Out of Reach 2021. This report highlights the mismatch between the wages people earn and the price of decent rental housing in every state, metropolitan area, and county in the U.S. This robust report and data is extremely valuable in making the case for rental assistance, affordable housing, and livable wages among other important policy priorities.
From NLIHC:
Out of Reach 2021 finds that in no state, metropolitan area, or county can a full-time minimum-wage worker afford a modest two-bedroom rental home, and these workers cannot afford modest one-bedroom apartments in 93% of U.S. counties. Over 7.5 million extremely low-income renters are severely housing cost-burdened, spending more than half of their incomes on housing. Such cost burdens lead too often to housing instability and homelessness.
The report includes housing cost and wage data specific for Pennsylvania and our counties. Explore the full Out of Reach 2021: The High Cost of Housing report and its interactive website with its easy-to-use search function for Out of Reach data by metropolitan-area ZIP codes. Use this data to make the case for an economic recovery that ensures low-wage workers in Pennsylvania and low-income renters in Pennsylvania do not return to a pre-pandemic status quo of being housing cost burdened, facing housing instability, and at-risk of becoming homeless.
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