Housing costs across the Treasure Coast have climbed so far beyond local wages that full-time workers are increasingly at risk of losing their homes, according to the head of the region’s lead homelessness agency.
St. Lucie County was recently ranked the 17th riskiest county in the country for housing affordability by ATTOM, a national real estate data firm.
Rayme Knuckles, executive director of the Treasure Coast Homeless Services Council, said the ranking reflects a deepening affordability crisis rather than a story about personal failure…