From Realtor Magazine Online, Daily Real Estate News April 8, 2008
Residential rents are up across the country, confirms the National Low Income Housing Coalition in the latest issue of its annual report "Out of Reach."
The organization identifies Hawaii, California, and New York as the least unaffordable states and names Connecticut's Stamford-Norwalk market as the most costly metropolitan area in the nation.
According to the study, one in seven U.S. households is contributing more than half of their income toward keeping a roof over their heads; and low-income, minority, and first-time home buyers are especially being impacted by escalating shelter costs.
"The numbers in 'Out of Reach' are a stark reminder that in nearly every community in our nation, families are struggling to make ends meet," said U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), in a preface to the NLIHC report. "While we have federal programs in place to assist people in affordable housing, they are relatively small compared to the great need. More must be done to ensure housing opportunities for all."
Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Mass.), Bronislaus B. Kush (04/08/08)
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