Vancouver-based Evergreen Habitat for Humanity said Wednesday it has increased its minimum wage to $15 per hour.
“We want to do our part to end poverty wages in Clark County,” Josh Townsley, the nonprofit’s executive director, said in a news release. “As an organization that helps families and individuals live in safe, decent, affordable housing, we believe that people need to make a living wage in order to make that happen.”
In Clark County, a person needs to make $30,840 a year to afford a one-bedroom rental, according to the nonprofit. For a family of four, the nonprofit said, annual family income needs to be $51,880 to afford a three-bedroom rental.
To afford those costs, the nonprofit said, people and families “need to be making more than the state-defined minimum wage of $9.47 an hour.”