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In Louisiana, you need twice the minimum wage to afford a 2-bedroom apartment
Posted on 6/27/19 at 5:27 am
Posted on 6/27/19 at 5:27 am
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In Louisiana, you need twice the minimum wage to afford a 2-bedroom apartment
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If you live in Louisiana, you need to make 2.3 times the state's minimum wage to afford a two-bedroom apartment in the state, according to a new report.
The report, released by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, shows you need to make almost $17 per hour to afford the average two-bedroom apartment ($877 per month).
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Posted on 6/27/19 at 5:32 am to goofball
A minimum wage job is not meant to sustain the life of a functioning adult.
It’s for high school kids to gain experience.
If you are into adulthood and working minimum wage, you made a wrong turn somewhere.
It’s for high school kids to gain experience.
If you are into adulthood and working minimum wage, you made a wrong turn somewhere.
Posted on 6/27/19 at 5:35 am to goofball
If you make min wage you probably shouldn't have a family yet as you really cant afford it. So tell me again why they would need a 2 bedroom apt?
Posted on 6/27/19 at 5:36 am to goofball
Well let's raise the minimum wage to that so we have more people making zero dollars a month
Posted on 6/27/19 at 5:39 am to goofball
Since when did minimum wage become a career lifestyle able support a family? That was never the intention of it.
Posted on 6/27/19 at 5:43 am to Capital Cajun
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A minimum wage job is not meant to sustain the life of a functioning adult.
It’s for high school kids to gain experience.
If you are into adulthood and working minimum wage, you made a wrong turn somewhere.
This, all day long.
Posted on 6/27/19 at 5:46 am to Nado Jenkins83
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So tell me again why they would need a 2 bedroom apt?
I would assume they mean having a roommate. Not a family
Posted on 6/27/19 at 5:47 am to goofball
thanks for the statement of fact.
on an unrelated note, government mandated price controls on labor is the most cruel and racist policy that has existed in the US since slavery.
on an unrelated note, government mandated price controls on labor is the most cruel and racist policy that has existed in the US since slavery.
Posted on 6/27/19 at 5:48 am to goofball
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In Louisiana, you need twice the minimum wage to afford a 2-bedroom apartment
Then make better life decisions and you'll make more than that
Posted on 6/27/19 at 5:48 am to Jones
Then that roommate pays the other half. Wtf?
Posted on 6/27/19 at 5:48 am to goofball
Perfect. Get a roommate.
Posted on 6/27/19 at 5:49 am to goofball
An 18 year old can make $18-19 driving a truck or cleaning up in a machine shop.
Posted on 6/27/19 at 5:50 am to goofball
Better get two jobs then...
Posted on 6/27/19 at 5:51 am to TigerGman
Yea but then the unemployment numbers artificially go down
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Posted on 6/27/19 at 5:54 am to goofball
Two bedroom apartments do not cost 877 dollars outside of New Orleans and LSU campus. Article is wrong.
Posted on 6/27/19 at 5:54 am to Nado Jenkins83
Wage aside, housing prices are kind of absurd for a place like Louisiana. My first grownup apartment was $875/m in Baton Rouge.
And having actually lived for a few years in a 700sf apartment, that’s not a lot of room. Mrs Prez and I lived in an apartment that size for our first year of marriage. And thinking back it contributed to a lot of fights.
And having actually lived for a few years in a 700sf apartment, that’s not a lot of room. Mrs Prez and I lived in an apartment that size for our first year of marriage. And thinking back it contributed to a lot of fights.
Posted on 6/27/19 at 5:58 am to goofball
don't they base this off of your rent not exceeding a third of your income or some chit like that?
Posted on 6/27/19 at 6:00 am to goofball
You shouldnt need a 2 bedroom apartment if you making minimum wage. Maybe 2 adults making minimum wage because they have a child.
Posted on 6/27/19 at 6:05 am to goofball
Quick math... 3 people in a two bedroom house at min wage leaves money for groceries and utilities.
Bonus $ if one climbs a rung or two up the ladder.
Bonus $ if one climbs a rung or two up the ladder.
Posted on 6/27/19 at 6:06 am to goofball
Then get a better job, or do better at the one you are at.
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