Today, a worker must earn $23.96 an hour to afford a modest 2 bedroom apartment – $5.74 more than the average tenant makes. As a result, 18 million families are paying over 50% of their income on housing. We need to raise wages and build 10 million units of affordable housing.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 30, 2020
See also:
California Housing Crisis, some numbers