Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:14:48 -0500
From: Amber Garlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 10/5/04 Affordable Housing Forum
The Need For Affordable Housing!
When: 10/5/04
Where: Olin-Rice Building, room 250 Macalester College
1600 Grand Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105 (651) 696-6000
Time: 7:00
The St. Paul Green Party invites you to come talk to Philip Schaffner from
Central Community Housing Trust
� 30% of homeless adults work full or part-time � 40% earn more than $10
hour � 60,000 Minnesotans earn between $5.15 to $6.15 an hour � Over
100,000 men, women and children would benefit from increasing the minimum
wage
� Of the twenty-five fastest growing occupations in the state, including
home health aides and clerical workers, half do not pay enough to support
a one-bedroom apartment - Office of the Legislative Auditor
� If we're going to have $8 an hour jobs, we need $8 an hour housing -
Michael Dahl, executive director of the Minnesota Coalition for the
Homeless (612) 870-7073
� The welfare exit level for a single-parent family of three in Minnesota
is $17,556. In order for a family of this size to afford a two bedroom
fair market rent, they must make at least $24,051 annually. National Low
Income Housing Coalition's 2000 Report "Out of Reach"
� The average rent for a one-bedroom apartment is $675.30 a month. A
medical assistant working for $10.80 an hour would have to work 59 hours a
week to afford a one-bedroom apartment, and 67 hours a week to afford a
two-bedroom apartment.
For every 10 homeless people
� 3 are men
� 3 are women
� 3 are children under 16
� 1 is an unaccompanied teenager
Any questions? Please call Amber at (651) 249-7286
--fwd David Shove
Roseville
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