Byline: JENNIFER LOVEN Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The average janitor earns enough to rent a one-bedroom apartment and pay for life's other necessities in just six of the nation's 60 largest cities. A retail salesperson can make ends meet in half that many locations. Both can forget about buying a home.
That conclusion from the National Housing Conference, a nonprofit coalition of industry experts, advocates and academics, mirrors the findings of several reports since the summer documenting the struggles of working families to find affordable housing.
The results suggest a worsening of the affordable housing shortage affecting the working poor, …
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