Housing costs rising for families

Published December 21, 2009 5:00am ET



Housing has become less affordable, despite skyrocketing foreclosures and plummeting home prices, according to a new report.

The share of working low- to moderate-income households paying as much as half their income for their mortgage or rent increased between 2005 and 2008 in all regions in the country except the Midwest.

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