OrangeTV: Affordable housing? I'm still a lowly renter and here's my report. When I rented my current home nearly five years ago I had a roommate at the time and we found a two bedroom house that seemed a little spendy at the time ($575/mo). Since then, my landlord has been kind enough to only raised the rent a small amount. Nowadays I live alone and recently my lease was running out, so I decided to look for a smaller place. I don't even really use the spare room. What I discovered was that it was cheaper to stay put than to find a one bedroom place, which are going for around $700/mo currently. Most 2 bedrooms are currently in the $800-900/mo range. I'm referring to the downtown CDA area, which is my preferred home location. So, it seems there are very few rental homes that your average CDA working person who only gets paid around $6-7/hr, can possibly afford. The homeless problem in CDA is just going to keep increasing if this trend keeps up.

Eagle Eye: Come on Orange TV. You are going to have to do your homework a little better. I just went over and looked at the CDA Press clasified for rentals.They have 1 bedroom apts for 475-495. 2 bedroom apts for 525-575. A 2bed 2 bath house for 675. Another 2 bedroom house for $695. All of these said near downtown. And tell me where the average CdA worker is making $6-7 per hour? I can tell you that the job market in CdA is so tight that anyone that has a work ethic can make a good wage. I do think we can do better. I think we can recruit better jobs. But for someone that wants to work for it, a quality life here is possible. I dont have alot of sympathy for anyone that wants to sit around and complain about it

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