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minus-squarethebigslime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·13 hours ago$17/hr can afford ~$880/mo. rent. Not impossible, especially with a roommate or domestic partner.
minus-squareSirfedora@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 hours agoYou forgot about other things like food, probably a car, phone bill.
minus-squarethebigslime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours agoI did not. I calculated rent as 30% of income, the level generally considered affordable. Admittedly it is pre-tax income, so arguably the number is a bit lower, but it’s a start.
minus-squareRekorse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoI did it by after tax cause thats how people actually live.
$17/hr can afford ~$880/mo. rent. Not impossible, especially with a roommate or domestic partner.
You forgot about other things like food, probably a car, phone bill.
I did not. I calculated rent as 30% of income, the level generally considered affordable. Admittedly it is pre-tax income, so arguably the number is a bit lower, but it’s a start.
I did it by after tax cause thats how people actually live.