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What you need to earn to afford rent in Illinois

Location
Illinois, Chicago
Publish Date
2022/07/05

Illinois has a shortfall of 288,917 rentals affordable for low-income households. To afford a 2-bedroom apartment, a minimum wage worker has to work 80-hrs/week. And they would need to earn $45,986/yr to afford the rent on a 2-bedroom apartment. ~ 407,816 Illinois households are currently behind on their rent payments, according to Household Pulse Survey for May 2022.

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