Utah&#39;s Working Poor Struggle to Pay Rent
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Utah&#39;s working poor are finding it increasingly difficult to pay the rent. The Deseret Morning News this morning reports the findings of a new study by the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
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Most Americans who rely on just a full-time job earning the federal minimum wage cannot afford the rent and utilities on a one- or two-bedroom apartment, an advocacy group on low-income housing reported Monday.
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I am surprised that David Barnes ("Boost skills, not wage base," Readers' Forum, Sept. 20) knows of no one who stays at, or right around, minimum wage, considering that he is from Logan, where many university students are exploited for cheap labor.
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The minimum wage may be on its way up in New York, but one new study said the amount wouldn&#39;t be enough to pay rent in the state.
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In normal times, redevelopment of public housing to make way for mixed-income neighborhoods might have gone largely unopposed. But passions are high in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans, where residents are desperate for cheap housing.
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One out of every four working American families earns wages so low they struggle to survive financially, according to a report due out today.
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With the holidays arriving, many of us will give a little more thought to the Puget Sound region&#39;s homeless populations. Although lasting solutions won&#39;t happen overnight, there are answers to the problems
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News Editor. It&#39;s Thursday and for many, that&#39;s one day short of payday. But before San Marcos residents who find themselves on a tight paycheck-to-paycheck budget write a check this afternoon
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Many of the poorest people in the United States are still struggling to recover from the effects of a recession that ended six years ago, making them very vulnerable as the country stands on the brink of a new downturn.
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It's expensive, but not as expensive as living without income.
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Although overspending is a common problem, even frugal people can wind up in financial difficulty.
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AS construction firms battle paucity of funds, due to nonpayment by their clients, for jobs done, workers in the sector have made a case for timely settlement of contract money especially by government.
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For nine years, the question has echoed across the high desert of southeastern Utah, hard against the corner where four states meet.
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Roxanne Miser with sons Joseph, left, and Isaac walk past 56,000 orange dots that hang from the Community Action Food Bank building in Provo Tuesday. The dots represent the number of people living in poverty in Utah County.
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Veterans face serious inequities in compensation depending on where they live, an analysis by The New York Times has found.
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By Leigh Dethman and Nicole Warburton Deseret Morning News  Salt Lake County leaders are fighting to keep $15 million in restaurant-tax revenue, which they would lose under a bill that cleared a Senate committee Wednesday.
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SKULL VALLEY, Utah  - As some U.S. Indian tribes   have grown rich in recent years through casinos, others far   from population centers have struggled to overcome a historical   legacy of poverty.