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Report: Workers earning minimum wage can’t afford rent

June 15, 2018/

When Bozeman leaders talk about housing prices outpacing paychecks, they tend to repeat the city’s problem isn’t unique. They’re not wrong. There’s no state in the country where someone working a full-time minimum wage job can afford a modest two-bedroom rental, according to a national report released Wednesday.

Katheryn Houghton Chronicle Staff Writer

https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/city/report-workers-earning-minimum-wage-can-t-afford-rent/article_973cc70a-0287-52e4-83c3-1606224b62e2.html

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