return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 6 days agoNearly half of US renters spend more than 30% of their income on housing costswww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1407arrow-down18cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
arrow-up1399arrow-down1external-linkNearly half of US renters spend more than 30% of their income on housing costswww.cnn.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square94fedilinkcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
minus-squarepyrflie@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up37arrow-down1·5 days agoI literally cannot remember a point in my life when I wasn’t spending half or more of my income on rent/mortgage.
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 days agosame. I remember being told 1/3 was the ideal, and thinking “you aren’t spending twice that?”
minus-squareRaiderkev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoYup, and every time you get a raise it’s offset by rent. Fun times
I literally cannot remember a point in my life when I wasn’t spending half or more of my income on rent/mortgage.
same. I remember being told 1/3 was the ideal, and thinking “you aren’t spending twice that?”
Yup, and every time you get a raise it’s offset by rent. Fun times