A minimum-wage worker can’t afford a 2-bedroom apartment anywhere in the U.S.

The economy’s booming. Some states have raised minimum wages. But even with recent wage growth for the lowest-paid workers, there is still nowhere in the country where someone working a full-time minimum wage job could afford to rent a modest two-bedroom apartment, according to an annual report released Wednesday by the National Low Income Housing Coalition.

Don’t tell me there is an economic boom going on.

Source: A minimum-wage worker can’t afford a 2-bedroom apartment anywhere in the U.S.

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