A new report indicates the cost of housing in Utah is increasing at a faster rate than wages for low income households.
A study by the National Low Income Housing Coalition released Wednesday shows people earning minimum wage would need to work 98 hours per week to be able to afford a two-bedroom apartment at fair market rent in the state.
Utah Housing Coalition Executive Director Tara Rollins says the gap between housing prices and low-wage jobs is becoming unbridgeable without assistance.
Rollins says housing is considered affordable if a unit at fair market rent costs 30 percent or less of a wage earner's income.
She says a Utah household would need to make a monthly income of $3,079 to afford the average two-bedroom unit.
