Housing costs

71: Percentage of renters in the United States who say the price of home ownership forces them to rent rather than buy a home

70: Percentage of families with incomes in the lowest one-fifth who spend at least 30 percent of their incomes on housing

54: Percentage of those polled in the Northeast and the West who agree that costs may cause them to move to another area

Source: Homeownership Alliance, June 2005 poll of 2,000 adults

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