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A Heavy Load: The Combined Housing and Transportation Burdens of Working Families
Publication Date: October 2006
Publisher(s): Center for Housing Policy (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Barbara J. Lipman
Series:
Special Collection: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Topic: Social conditions (Housing)
Transportation (Transportation)
Keywords: housing; transportation costs; working families
Type: Report
Abstract:
Barbara J. Lipman is the research director for the Center for Housing Policy. In this report, analysis of 28 major metropolitan areas shows that, as working families move further from work to find housing they can afford, they end up spending as much, or more, on increased transportation costs as they save on housing.