Article: Survey: Stamford-Norwalk has stiffest rents in nation.

Byline: Doug Dalena

Dec. 13--The Stamford-Norwalk rental market is the least affordable in the country, according to an annual nationwide survey by a housing advocacy group. The National Low Income Housing Coalition's survey found renters must earn $30.62 per hour to afford a two-bedroom apartment in the area without spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing. The hourly wage needed for such an apartment, which costs an average of $1,592 per month, rose $1.74, or 5.7 percent, from last year. That makes renting in Stamford and Norwalk tougher than in San Francisco, last year's most expensive area, as well as Boston, New York City and ...

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