"Data from the Census Bureau’s 2005 American Community Survey, which forms the basis of the report’s housing findings, show that in all five South Hampton Roads cities, half or nearly half of the renter population spends 30 percent or more of its income on rent and utilities ... 'Families who pay more than 30 percent of their income for housing are considered cost-burdened and may have difficulty affording necessities such as food, clothing, transportation and medical care'...'There was a time when affordable housing was considered to be a problem afflicting primarily the poor, or minority groups subject to discrimination,' the report states. 'No longer. Our current housing-affordability challenges impact young Caucasian adults, many single parents, workforce professionals such as teachers, firefighters and police, and elderly citizens living on limited incomes.'"
this is the stuff i write about all the time. that doesn't make me any less bothered by it.
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