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New data reveals renters in the East Bay are having the toughest time with affordable housing. Hilda Gutierrez reports.
When talking about housing, financial experts often advise people should spend no more than one-third of their pay on housing.
But that doesn't fly around the Bay.
The government defines affordable housing as costing no more than 30% of your income, but residents in the East Bay, where rent was once considered affordable, told NBC Bay Area they surpassed that percentage a long time ago and the latest census data agrees.
Hilda Gutierrez has more in the video above.
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