A Clark County renter on the hunt for a studio apartment would need to earn $61,000 annually to comfortably afford the $1,628-a-month fair market rent, according to a recent study.
The National Low Income Housing Coalition’s Out of Reach report compares median salaries and rental prices across the nation. It found a Clark County renter would need to earn more than $33 an hour or work 83 hours a week at minimum wage to afford a one-bedroom apartment at the fair market rate of $1,750 a month.
Local leaders link climbing rents with the rise in homelessness, which the city of Vancouver has declared to be an emergency…