How Many Hours Minimum Wage Workers Must Work For Affordable Housing
Posted on March 10, 2014 in Images
In New York, the minimum wage worker would have to work nearly 20 hours a day to afford rent as defined by the National Low Income Housing Coalition. 20 hours. That’s how many hours a part-time employee works in a week.
This assumes a 2 bedroom apartment, presumably for a working person/couple, and offspring. I’d like to see this chart with one bedroom or studio housing. Not everyone making minimum wage is half of a couple or has children. So for many, this chart is inapplicable and leaves many questions unanswered. Of course minimum wage should be raised, but was the 2 bedroom situation used because the effect is more dramatic?
Lol, the difference from a 1 bedroom/studio to a 2 bedroom is minimal. $50-100 locally. Don’t act so ignorant.
where is your “locally”? Not New York City. Don’t act so ignorant.