From the article: A full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a one-bedroom rental in only 7% of all US counties — 218 counties out of more than 3,000 nationwide

From the article: A full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a one-bedroom rental in only 7% of all US counties — 218 counties out of more than 3,000 nationwide. The article really means a minimum wage worker cannot afford a 2-bedroom place. The larger problem is that in 93 percent of the US, they cannot even afford a 1-bedroom place. It can be hard to find something smaller than a 2-bedroom place. We have torn down a million SROs and largely zoned out of existence the ability to create new Missing Middle Housing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_room_occupancy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_room_occupancy https://missingmiddlehousing.com/ https://missingmiddlehousing.com/ The real problem here is a general lack of housing stock of a certain kind: Smaller homes in walkable neighborhoods that remain affordable and haven't become crazy expensive due to being part of an older vibrant area in very high demand.