"Making Ends Meet" Study In The News
300K households need help to pay basic expenses, report says
FOX5 San Diego
SAN DIEGO — A family of four needs to earn more than $84,700 annually to make ends meet on a no-frills budget without government assistance in San Diego County, according to a report released Thursday by the advocacy group Center on Policy Initiatives. Food BankThe “Making Ends Meet 2014” report says a single adult needs to earn nearly $28,000 a year to be self-sufficient. Read More.
Study: 38% of San Diegans Don’t Make Enough to Survive
NBC 7 San Diego
The cost of living is on the rise, making it a lot harder for some to make ends meet, and a new study released Thursday verifies that.
The Center on Policy Initiatives (CPI) claims a large segment of working people in San Diego aren’t making enough money to survive.
Their research shows 38 percent of all working-age people don’t bring home enough money on the job to make ends meet.
Single Adults Need $28K to Make Ends Meet in SD County
Patch.com
A single adult needs to earn nearly $28,000 annually to make ends meet on a no-frills budget without government assistance in San Diego County, according to a report released today by the advocacy group Center on Policy Initiatives. The “Making Ends Meet 2014” report says a family of four needs to earn more than $84,700. Read More.
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