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Nevada has the highest unemployment rate in the country at 5.4 percent as officials insist the economy must move away from its focus on gambling.

Denise Aiyedatiwa, a marketing consultant, had been renting an apartment in Ohio for four years when she said she noticed issues like leaking in her ceiling and plumbing and heating problems. When the issues started, Aiyedatiwa, now 33, said the building was under a new owner and her multiple requests for help went unanswered. Several weeks later, Aiyedatiwa said she came home one day to an eviction notice on her apartment's front door.

A report shows that eviction filings are up 170 percent, and while officials say landlords do not want to evict tenants, large amounts of money is still owed.

Commitments from rental platforms will increase transparency of how much you’re being gouged but do nothing to lower costs.

Full-time workers in Indiana need to earn at least $19 an hour, or $39,526 a year, in order to afford rent on a two-bedroom apartment, according to a report released