As economists and local housing advocates have been saying, growing rent costs outpace wage growth. But the numbers reveal just how wide the gap is: Monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Clark County has increased 37 percent since 2005, while incomes among renters increased at least 11 percent at the same time.
Explosive local rent increases far exceed growth in incomes
Agencies had to ask feds to reconsider assessment for 2016
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