Douglas Luckett, 29, of Louisville has been on his own since he was 16 years old, but the apprentice electrician has never found his income so stretched.
“It went from not so hard to getting rougher,” he said. “Each year, stuff keeps getting more expensive, but my pay’s not going up.”
What hits Luckett especially hard is his $600-per-month rent, which he pays by himself.
via The rental squeeze: Louisville renters feel the pinch of the economic downturn.