housing cost

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Housing cost is the expense of maintaining a place to live, including rent or mortgage payments, property taxes, insurance, and utilities.

The term appears frequently in economic discussions about affordability: Housing costs have outpaced wage growth for decades.

A household is considered cost-burdened when housing costs exceed 30% of income.

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expensive · landlord · tenant · property · property taxes · apartment · down payment · lease · monthly · budget · paycheck to paycheck · shelter · real estate · inflation · income · eviction · deposit · neighborhood

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expense category

housing costutilities

Essential infrastructure services

healthcare costs · discretionary spending

affordability/burden

housing costhousing assistance

Programs helping afford shelter

housing subsidy · housing affordability · subsidized housing · housing voucher · housing grant

income vs. expense

housing costrental income

Earnings from leased property

property income · rent receipts · housing subsidy · housing assistance · housing benefit

Family

housing, cost, house, houses, housed, householder, housework, household, housekeeper

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