Sentences with phrase «renters in white communities»

For example, in the notoriously unaffordable San Francisco metropolitan area, renters in white communities can expect to spend 48.8 percent of their income on rent each month — certainly a very large share of their income, but nevertheless small in comparison to minority neighborhoods.

Not exact matches

Rent affordability also suffered in white communities over the same time, but to a much smaller degree: Renters in these areas have typically spent somewhere between 27.9 and 30.7 percent of their income, within the old rule of thumb that says rent should not exceed 30 percent of income.

Renters in minority communities, in effect, are having a harder time saving for a down payment on a home than renters in whitRenters in minority communities, in effect, are having a harder time saving for a down payment on a home than renters in whitrenters in white ones.