Would you like to rent an apartment in Seattle? You'd better be making money. In a new report, the National Low Income Housing Coalition found that to afford a two-bedroom apartment in King County, a household would have to pull in $75,120 per year, more than any other metropolitan area of the state. The report, "Out of Reach," shows how difficult it is to make it in one of the fastest growing cities in the U.S.
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