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talkpoliticsHousing's hidden crisis: Rural Americans struggle to pay rent
"Housing has been famously unaffordable in expensive cities such as San Francisco for a while. But now in tiny towns and counties across the country, an increasing share of rural residents are struggling to pay their rents and mortgages.
The housing affordability crisis is spreading to rural communities such as Aroostook County, Maine, and Malheur County, Oregon, where the share of residents who are severely burdened by housing costs has surged since the housing crash of 2006 to 2010, according to the County Health Rankings. Other researchers are also calling attention to the issue, with Pew's Stateline finding that one of four of the country's most rural counties have seen a rise in severely cost-burdened households -- those that spend more than half their income on housing.
Fifty years ago, the most urgent issue for rural communities was substandard housing, such as whether residents relied on outhouses rather than indoor plumbing, noted Lance George, director of research and information at the Housing Assistance Council, a nonprofit focusing on rural housing. But affordability now ranks as the top housing concern among rural residents, he said.
"You think it's often just with big cities," he said. "Housing costs are lower in rural areas, but incomes are pretty low too." Housing affordability is a "simple equation," George added. "It's incomes related to housing costs, and incomes in the lower quintile have not increased at all, and maybe even declined.""
You know, if those people hadn't chosen to live where they can't afford to live, then they wouldn't be having any problems paying their rent - would they?
They should suck it and get 3 jobs. God bless Murica'! Why can't those shiftless parasites just pull themselves up by their bootstraps if healthcare is what they want?
This has gotta be fake news, no? This is the best economy ever, in the history of the world. Trump's tax cuts ensured that all Americans had lots of money in their pockets to spend on things like rent. Impossible!
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By the way - in case anyone is wondering, Aroostook County, Maine went for Trump 55% - 38%. Why isn't he up there helping them? Those are his people. Hmmm.
"Housing has been famously unaffordable in expensive cities such as San Francisco for a while. But now in tiny towns and counties across the country, an increasing share of rural residents are struggling to pay their rents and mortgages.
The housing affordability crisis is spreading to rural communities such as Aroostook County, Maine, and Malheur County, Oregon, where the share of residents who are severely burdened by housing costs has surged since the housing crash of 2006 to 2010, according to the County Health Rankings. Other researchers are also calling attention to the issue, with Pew's Stateline finding that one of four of the country's most rural counties have seen a rise in severely cost-burdened households -- those that spend more than half their income on housing.
Fifty years ago, the most urgent issue for rural communities was substandard housing, such as whether residents relied on outhouses rather than indoor plumbing, noted Lance George, director of research and information at the Housing Assistance Council, a nonprofit focusing on rural housing. But affordability now ranks as the top housing concern among rural residents, he said.
"You think it's often just with big cities," he said. "Housing costs are lower in rural areas, but incomes are pretty low too." Housing affordability is a "simple equation," George added. "It's incomes related to housing costs, and incomes in the lower quintile have not increased at all, and maybe even declined.""
You know, if those people hadn't chosen to live where they can't afford to live, then they wouldn't be having any problems paying their rent - would they?
They should suck it and get 3 jobs. God bless Murica'! Why can't those shiftless parasites just pull themselves up by their bootstraps if healthcare is what they want?
This has gotta be fake news, no? This is the best economy ever, in the history of the world. Trump's tax cuts ensured that all Americans had lots of money in their pockets to spend on things like rent. Impossible!
[The above officially approved and endorsed by "Devoted Online Lovers of Trump" Inc, a non-partisan, independent, research and analysis organization exempt from federal taxation that is dedicated to bringing you the true truth and not the fake truth that anyone who doesn't believe 100% of what The Big Don says tries to tell you the so-called "facts" are.]
By the way - in case anyone is wondering, Aroostook County, Maine went for Trump 55% - 38%. Why isn't he up there helping them? Those are his people. Hmmm.
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Date: 22/4/19 07:26 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 22/4/19 09:26 (UTC)In China, the "solution" to the mass migration of workers out of poor areas and into wealthy cities is quite basic: You are not legally allowed to move out of the province you were born in. Oh you can leave temporarily for a bit of contract work, but then you have to go home. If you're found living outside your province beyond an approved term, you are arrested, and either forcibly deported back to your province with all your possessions seized ... or placed in a labor camp.
I can't wait 'till US citizens stop complaining about Mexicans "terkin der jeeeerbs" and instead start complaining about those lousy out-of-staters "terrkn our jueeeorrrbs". Californians versus Nevadans: Build that wall! Build that wall!