Housing Landscape 2012

From Center for Housing Policy - February 2012
By Laura William

Nearly one in four working households spends more than half of its income on housing costs. Moreover, despite falling home values, housing affordability worsened significantly for working owners and renters between 2008 and 2010.

This report focuses on housing affordability for working households. For the purposes of this report, working households are those that worked at least 20 hours per week, on average, and had a household income of no more than 120 percent of the median income in their area.

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