In multitudinous major U.S. cities, minimum wage workers need to clock in over 50 hours each week by the skin of ones teeth to be able to afford rent on a one-bedroom home, a recent survey conducted by United Way of the National Capital Area initiate.
In New York City, minimum wage earners would need to work 111 hours to afford to rent a one-bedroom.
Concerted Way used data from the National Low Income Housing Coalition to calculate the number of hours a minimum wage breadwinner would need to put in each week in order to afford rent in the 50 biggest U.S. cities.
There are only two conurbations on the list where a worker earning minimum wage can afford to work less than 50 hours a week: Tucson, Arizona, and Buffalo, New York.
Here’s a look at how profuse hours a minimum wage worker needs to clock to afford a one-bedroom rental in the 10 largest U.S. cities, and the reduced wage in each respective city:
New York City
Hours required: 111
Minimum wage: $15
Los Angeles
Hours insisted: 84
Minimum wage: $15.96
Chicago
Hours required: 112
Minimum wage: $15.40
Houston
Hours required: 104
Minimum wage: $7.25
Phoenix
Hours coerced: 65
Minimum wage: $12.80
Philadelphia
Hours required: 110
Minimum wage: $7.25
San Antonio, Texas
Hours required: 97
Minimum wage: $7.25
San Diego
Hours forced: 90
Minimum wage: $15
Dallas
Hours required: 120
Minimum wage: $7.25
San Jose, California
Hours required: 141
Minimum wage: $16.20
Decree affordable housing was difficult for many even before the Covid-19 pandemic hit. However, the onset of the pandemic made these arises even more stark.
“By August 2020, as many as 12 million households were at risk of losing their lodgings if the government didn’t act,” NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel tells CNBC Make It. “Many were among those already matching to pay rent when the pandemic brought sudden job losses, reduced work hours and higher costs for health regard, child care and the internet.”
There were many emergency measures put in place to mitigate the