return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 17 days agoNearly half of US renters spend more than 30% of their income on housing costswww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1409arrow-down18
arrow-up1401arrow-down1external-linkNearly half of US renters spend more than 30% of their income on housing costswww.cnn.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 17 days agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squarepyrflie@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up38arrow-down1·16 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-up12·16 days agosame. I remember being told 1/3 was the ideal, and thinking “you aren’t spending twice that?”
minus-squareRaiderkev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 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