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Study: $71,000 income required to afford Nashville rent

The report says it takes an average of about $71,000 a year in Nashville with a one-bedroom apartment to avoid becoming what the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development calls "cost-burdened." ....

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Winston-Salem Officials Discuss Affordable Housing Solutions

Winston-Salem City Council is considering solutions for more affordable housing. At a work session Monday researchers used data to give a snapshot of what’s happening in the community. Nearly half of renter households in Forsyth County are “cost-burdened,” according to data from the UNC School of Government. That means they spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing costs. Twenty-six percent of Forsyth residents are severely cost-burdened, and in Winston-Salem, it’s even higher. ....

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