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UnAffordable: The Working Poor

Affordability is relative. What you can afford to pay in rent all depends on how much money you make in the first place. So how do wages relate to Arizona's growing affordability problem? And with programs like Section 8 housing choice vouchers available to help low-income people afford rent, why are so many still struggling? In part two of this five-part podcast series, reporter Katherine Davis-Young explores the widening gap between wages and housing costs in Arizona.

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Katherine Davis-Young is a senior field correspondent reporting on a variety of issues, including public health and climate change.
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