Minimum wage workers cannot afford a two-bedroom apartment at “Fair Market Rent” by working a standard 40-hour work week in ANY state in the U.S.
Click to access 2012-OOR-Min-Wage-Map.pdf
In California, a minimum wage worker would have to work 130 hours per week to afford the average apartment.
Via Out of Reach 2012: National Low Income Housing Coalition
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