Low to moderate income renters in Minneapolis bearing brunt of rising rent prices

Cynthia Young was waiting for the bus at East Franklin and Chicago, mulling over rent prices in her mind on Monday, when she spoke to 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS.

“A lot of people can’t make a certain rent and rent’s going higher and higher,” she says. “You’ve still got to pay bills on top of that, like water, trash, and sewage in most apartments.”

Young, who works as a personal care assistant, says paying $1100 a month for a one-bedroom apartment in the city was just too much…

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