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Tilted Cat Head
Administrator
Location: Manhattan, NY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by shakran
There's minimum wage and then there's living wage, by which I mean a wage in which you can have shelter, food, and clothing. Why don't you try making it in NYC on 12 bucks an hour?
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Plenty do...They just have to have multiple roommates and live outside of Manhattan.
There are lots of social programs that allow for places people can live in NYC for reasonable rents. They are very sought after for the Mitchell-Lama, rent controlled, and rent stabilized. NYCHA also provides cheap housing for those that make less than $43,000 as one person living in a unit. Family of 4 is $61,000. I know of a number of folks that live not far (2 blocks from my home) that live in these kinds of housing units. They are clean, simple, and accessible to the transit just like where I live.
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