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Affordable housing California

Edging toward homelessness: “A human catastrophe of historic dimensions…”

May 30, 2019 By Eric Caine 6 Comments

In a sweeping survey of housing needs in the San Joaquin Valley, the California Housing Partnership and the California Coalition for Rural Housing have concluded that the Valley needs 137,254 more affordable homes. Among the most troubling findings was that many hard-working Valley citizens live on the edge of homelessness because housing costs consume up to 70% of their incomes. Minimum wage earners are especially burdened. Of the eight Valley […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Affordable housing California, Homelessness and Poverty in Stanislaus County, Homelessness in Modesto, Homelessness in the San Joaquin Valley

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