>> There’s not a single county in the US where a minimum wage income covers the cost of a two-bedroom apartment.[1]
This is only true if you define paying for said apartment using the 30% of your income rule of thumb, which on top of a two bedroom apartment on minimum wage for a single earner is REALLY stretching reality. Federal minimum wage covers it if you increase 30% upwards easily in a lot of counties.
I'm going to call bullshit on that. Federal minimum wage is over $1000 per month at full time and I've seen 2br in my county for $550+utilities. I don't disagree with your general point but that report did a piss-poor job. I suspect they only looked in urban areas.
There’s not a single county in the US where a minimum wage income covers the cost of a two-bedroom apartment.[1]
Economically, we’re entering a new gilded age where legislative decisions increasingly favor the wealthy at the expense of everyone else.
0: https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/netcomp.cgi?year=2018
1: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2019-06-20/...