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Affordable housing crisis needs employers, municipalities to step up

Por: Orlando Sentinel Opinion April 27, 2023

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Every year, the National Low Income Housing Coalition releases its Gap Report highlighting the affordable housing shortage across the country. The 2023 report shows that the United States has a shortage of over seven million affordable rental homes available to renters with extremely low incomes, meaning incomes that are at or below either the federal poverty guideline or 30% of their area median income. The Gap report also shows that Orlando is... + full article



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