Unaffordable housing.
Unaffordable un·af·ford·a·ble
adj.
Too expensive: medical care that has become unaffordable for many.
un Housing: Households need to earn $22.87 per hour to be
able to rent a decent two-bedroom apartment in the Los Angeles-Long
Beach metropolitan area, according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.
2. In keeping with: according to instructions.
3. the National Low Income Housing
Coalition. A study by the Washington-based housing group found that rent
for a two-bedroom, fair-market-value apartment in L.A. is $1,189 per
month, meaning the income needed to rent the apartment is $47,560 per
year.
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