Deplorable Housing
Statistics one might drop at a cocktail party:
Affordable Housing That's So Nice to Come Home To (washingtonpost.com)Several powerful statements make quiet appearances at the beginning of a new exhibition at the National Building Museum.
Perhaps the most astounding one is this: In the whole of the United States there exists not a single county where a household with one wage earner making minimum wage can afford a modest one-bedroom apartment without outside assistance.
Not far behind, however is this: The nation would have to produce more than 250,000 affordable housing units a year for two decades running to close its 'housing affordability gap.'
* Ray, 3/04/2004 01:40:25 PM
