“Since pre-pandemic, the income needed to afford rent has increased by 31.5%,” Zillow’s chief economist, Skylar Olsen, wrote yesterday.
  • @Got_BentEnglish
    5•6 months ago

    Somewhat related: last week I saw my old job from 2008 listed online.

    Sixteen years later, and the compensation for that job is ten percent LESS today than what I made in 2008.

  • @Potatos_are_not_friendsEnglish
    3•6 months ago

    My apt from 2016 went from $1250 to $2000 a month in five years. Nothing has changed. I moved during the first increase and been keeping tabs.