Fact of the Week: Because Black and Latinx Households Are Paid Less than Whites, They Cannot Afford Rents Even at Higher Wage Percentiles

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Source: NLIHC’s Out of Reach 2019. Housing wages based on HUD fair market rents.  The hourly wages by percentile from the Economic Policy Institute State of Working America Data Library 2018.  Adjusted to 2019 dollars.