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“According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the fair-market rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Wisconsin is $740. „
The term "affordable housing" is defined as a rental unit where the total cost of rent and utilities does not exceed 30 percent of a renter's income.
For that unit to be defined as "affordable," the renter's wage must be greater than $14 an hour. The wage for Wisconsin's average renter is just more than $11 an hour.
-Wisconsin State Journal "Low Vacancy Rates Leave Some Struggling to Find Housing"
“You’re poor when you can’t buy what you need. When you cannot afford to pay for your rent, you can’t afford to buy food, you can’t afford clothing.„
-"What is poverty? Think beyond the official number" Marketplace, from American Public Media
“Over 92% of mothers who are homeless have experienced severe physical and/or sexual abuse during their lifetime. About 2/3 have histories of domestic violence.„
“Children who are homeless experience higher rates of emotional and behavioral problems than low-income housed children.„
“37% (471,159) of Wisconsin children are low-income.„
Research suggests that, on average, families need an income of about twice the federal poverty level to meet their most basic needs. Children living in families with incomes below this level ($44,100 for a family of four in 2010) are referred to as low income.
-National Center for Children in Poverty Demographics of Low-Income Children
“There were 132,000 household visits to Dane County Food Pantries in 2010.„
This represents a 56% increase over visits in 2007. 152,000 children were served in 2010.
-Dane County Food Pantry Network 2010 Year End Service Statistics
“Median household income in Dane County dropped more than 6 percent from 2008 to 2009, falling at a faster rate than the 2.9 percent decrease for the nation. The decrease was even greater in Madison.„
Dane County median income fell from $61,617 to $57,687, according to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. Nationally the decrease was from $51,726 to $50,221.
-Census Bureau Madison.com
“A 12.2% poverty rate for Dane County means 59,545 people. That’s about the populations of Sun Prairie, Verona and Middleton…combined. Between 2000 and 2010, people living in Dane County in poverty increased by 20,937. That’s more than the populations of the City of Middleton and the Village of Cross Plains…also combined. „
2010 census showed that poverty rose, and median income fell in Madison and in Dane County as a whole.
-Wisconsin State Journal 2010 census: Poverty rises, median income falls in Dane County, Madison
Our Stories
A Giving Wedding
A few months ago, Sarah contacted MOM to ask if we would be willing to accept their center pieces at our Food Pantry. To them, it seemed like a waste to fill the tables with something that in the end, would end up not being used. What did they use that would be in such high demand at a Food Pantry? Apples!
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