The concept of “affordable housing” assumes a federal housing standard that a household pay no more than 30% of its income for housing. A family supported by one full-time minimum wage earner will find that the rent for a moderate, one-bedroom apartment far exceeds its budget in every Texas metropolitan area. A minimum wage worker would have to work an average of 87 hours a week to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment in Texas. Lower-income people pay a much higher percentage of their income for housing than upper and middle income families.
							Low-income families in every Texas city are paying rents far above what they can afford.
		The map shows the number of families paying more than one-half of their income for rent.
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