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Housing Still 29.4% of San Diegans' Living Costs

NEWS TICKER | SAN DIEGO

Don Bauder, SAN DIEGO READER

Thursday, March 22, 2012

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This compares with 20.5% for the 18 large metro areas detailed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Renters are hurting. Over the past four years, San Diegans' expenditures on mortgage payments have fallen 17.2%, while rent expenditures have jumped 30%, or two and a half times the national average, says Cunningham.