City&#39;s minimum wage earners can&#39;t afford to pay their rent
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It is not just tough to find a place to live when you&#39;re earning minimum wage. It&#39;s practically impossible. According to an annual survey by a
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When the federal government says it can&#39;t afford a national pharmacare program -- the one recently proposed by the provinces -- what it&#39;s really saying is that the provinces can&#39;t afford what they already have.
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New Yorkers whose annual earnings top $250,000 are among the likeliest to stay in the city, while those who only earn from $40,000 to just under $60,000 are among the most likely to leave, a new study said on Wednesday.
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As more families decide to stay in the city, the demand for the limited number of large apartments is far outstripping the supply.
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Mandating an increase in the federal minimum wage is likely to reduce demand for the services of those at the bottom of the economic heap.
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Comedians in New York are threatening to strike if the city's comedy clubs do not give them a pay rise.
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It&#39;s quite the predicament: You want to go out with the gang on a Wednesday but you won&#39;t have enough money to cover the excursion until Friday.
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Itâs all about location. As one Generation Y worker said, âIt doesnât make sense to have a great job in a crummy city.â
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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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Young people face a choppy job market, making it hard to cope with high housing costs and rising college debt.
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A small study conducted in a Boston neighborhood highlights the difficulty of affording heart-healthy food when you&#39;re a beneficiary of food stamps.
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Rental housing in the Green Bay area and elsewhere in Wisconsin is more affordable than the national average, but an advocacy group says many poor Americans are still paying more than they can afford because salaries havenât kept up with rent and
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Thousands of tenants put up with poor housing because they fear eviction if they complain, a charity says.
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Apartment hunting in Manhattan can trigger depression for the budget-minded, but these are heady times at the top end as The New York Times reported on Friday that media
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As the writers' strike cuts deep, thousands of people who rely on LA's entertainment industry face financial ruin. And the city which has already lost $1.4bn may now lose the Oscars
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Changes set to take effect Oct. 1 in how the government decides the amount of help poor people get to pay the rent could force some families into more expensive or substandard housing, lawmakers and advocacy groups contend.
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People who refuse to sell their houses for less than they paid for them are violating a cardinal rule of the market: stuff is worth what itâs worth.