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Report: Colorado workers must earn $36.79 per hour to afford housing

Report: Colorado workers must earn $36.79 per hour to afford housing

Update: 2025-07-28
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Report: Colorado workers must earn $36.79 per hour to afford housing Minimum wage workers in Colorado have to work two full-time jobs, or 82 hours per week, to afford a one-bedroom apartment, according to a new report from the National Low-Income Housing Coalition.

There are just 26 affordable housing units in Colorado for every 100 low-income households but almost all new housing comes with price tags only top earners and investors can pay.

Cathy Alderman, chief communications and public policy officer at the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, said the report underscored the need to build more low- and middle-income housing.
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Report: Colorado workers must earn $36.79 per hour to afford housing

Report: Colorado workers must earn $36.79 per hour to afford housing