Renters need to make roughly $20,000 more a year to afford the typical rent than they did 5 years ago

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Renters need to make roughly $20,000 more a year to afford the typical rent than they did 5 years ago

https://fortune.com/2024/05/10/housing-market-outlook-renters-need-to-make-more/

“Since pre-pandemic, the income needed to afford rent has increased by 31.5%,” Zillow’s chief economist, Skylar Olsen, wrote yesterday.

Renters need to make roughly $20,000 more a year to afford the typical rent than they did 5 years ago