
In order to afford a modest, two-bedroom apartment at fair market rent in Bakersfield, renters need to earn $15.88/hour. This is Bakersfield's 2016 Housing Wage, revealed in a national report released today. The report, "Out of Reach 2016," was jointly released by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, a Washington, DC-based research and advocacy organization, Housing California, and the California Housing Consortium.
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