rent burden
Lease payment pressure
Rent burden is the portion of household income consumed by housing costs.
In policy discussions, households spending more than 30% of income on rent are considered rent-burdened, while those exceeding 50% are severely rent-burdened.
The term appears frequently in debates about housing affordability and urban economics: Rising rent burden is pushing families out of the city.
- housingDwellings or protective covering
- affordabilityState of being purchasable
- tenantOne who rents property
- landlordProperty owner renting out
- paycheckCompensation for labor
paycheck to paycheck · eviction · stress · income · living wage · apartment · squeeze · struggle · lease · monthly · wages · overdue · cramped · utilities · debt · displacement · priced out · gentrification
rent burdenhousing affordability
Cost of obtaining residence
affordable rent · affordable housing · housing security · rent relief · rental assistance
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