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Homes "unaffordable" in 99% of nation for average American (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to c/personalfinance@lemmy.ml

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[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If I had to move to my current area now, my rent would be around 50% of my income, and that's with a job that used to be able to support the whole nuclear family bullshit as little as 20 years ago. I'm like $2k below median family income by myself.