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More than half of the New Orleans renters are "rent-burdened

More than half of the New Orleans renters are “rent-burdened

More than half of New Orleans residents are renters. Among those 181,400 people, according to a recent report from the National Equity Atlas, roughly 60 percent  are “rent-burdened,” spending 30 percent or more of their income on housing. Women are disproportionately impacted by housing cost- 72 percent of women of color and 49 percent of white women spend more than 30 percent of their income on…

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More than half of the New Orleans renters are "rent-burdened

More than half of the New Orleans renters are “rent-burdened

More than half of New Orleans residents are renters. Among those 181,400 people, according to a recent report from the National Equity Atlas, roughly 60 percent  are “rent-burdened,” spending 30 percent or more of their income on housing. Women are disproportionately impacted by housing cost- 72 percent of women of color and 49 percent of white women spend more than 30 percent of their income on…