If all renters in Contra Costa County paid <30% of their income on rent, they’d have an additional $582M in disposable income to spend on childcare, transportation, education, food & other essentials. “This type of housing insecurity reaches beyond people’s inability to find affordable places to live by acting as a brake on the local economy.” Read more on SFGate.
Equity Ripples: Concord Feels Weight Of Bay Area Housing Crisis
San Francisco Foundation