Advance Morning News
It's Monday, September 16, 2024, and today's stories include rising rents in our region, along with a commentary about how last week's Spotsylvania School Board meeting may be a turning point.
Affordable Rent is Still "Out of Reach" for Many, Report Finds
By Adele Uphaus
In Fredericksburg City, you need to make an hourly wage of $39.33 in order to be able to afford a two-bedroom apartment at the area fair market rent of just over $2,000 per month.
But the mean estimated hourly wage of renters in the city, according to the annual “Out of Reach” report on affordable housing by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, is $21.63.
A person would need to work two full time jobs at that wage in order to afford—defined as not paying more than 30% of income on housing—a two-bedroom apartment at the area fair market rent.
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COMMENTARY: Oh Captain, My Captain
By Martin Davis
For the better part of four years, the Spotsylvania County School Board has been unmoored, drifting from one port of complaints to another with no concern for finding a safe harbor to tie into.
Last week’s board meeting, however, may well mark the point when the school system charted a course away from the rough seas toward calmer waters.
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