For 15% of California homeowners costs exceed half of income

Here is yet another way to look at the financial challenges of California homeownership: Recurring costs eat up more than half of household income for roughly 1 in 6 owners statewide. My trusty spreadsheet identified this affordability challenge by analyzing 2024 Census Bureau housing data for the 5

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For 27% of California tenants, rent is more than half their income

We don’t spend enough time discussing the financial burden renters face, such as housing expenses eating up more than half of the incomes of roughly 1-in-4 California tenants. My trusty spreadsheet identified this affordability challenge by analyzing 2024 Census Bureau housing data for the 50 states

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San Diego’s 94-Year-Old Clay Whisperer

“Sometimes people say, ‘Hey, I saw your pot on Etsy for $1,000,’ and I probably sold it for about $100. But I would make pots even if I couldn’t sell them. I’d give them away if I had to. At 15, I managed to sneak into the Marine Corps. I was six-foot-one-and-a-half and weighed 200 pounds. They didn

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