Excessive taxes, fees and regulations are making affordability impossible.
On housing and child care, Minnesotans face higher costs than many other Americans.
In 2019, the average Minnesota family paid over $16,000 to keep a child at a day care center for the whole year, the sixth-highest annual cost for center-based infant care in the United States. For 4-year-olds, the average family paid over $12,000, seventh-highest.
In 2017, it was reported that "Outside coastal states like New York and California, the Twin Cities was No. 1 in housing costs among the nation`s 20 largest metro areas, according to 2014 U.S. Census data. And they have remained at or near the top of other cost-comparison surveys since then...
In 2019, the average Minnesota family paid over $16,000 to keep a child at a day care center for the whole year, the sixth-highest annual cost for center-based infant care in the United States. For 4-year-olds, the average family paid over $12,000, seventh-highest.
In 2017, it was reported that "Outside coastal states like New York and California, the Twin Cities was No. 1 in housing costs among the nation`s 20 largest metro areas, according to 2014 U.S. Census data. And they have remained at or near the top of other cost-comparison surveys since then...
WWHNews Notes: We question the subtitle because we can make housing affordable by building smaller more affordable units. Regulations may need to change to allow denser neighborhoods but in Wisconsin taxes are tied to value. We need to work with developers and builders to incentivize building more affordable units. The apartment market demonstrates that it is possible...
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