REI WEALTH MONTHLY Issue 33 | Page 79

SKYROCKETING INFLATION, RENTS, AND HOME PRICES RICK TOBIN Skyrocketing Inflation, Rents, and Home Prices By Rick Tobin T he National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLICH) released a study on May 25, 2016 which reported  the following absolutely mind­boggling information: “In no state, metropolitan area or county in the  United  States  can  a  full­time  worker  earning  the  prevailing  minimum  wage  afford  a  modest  two­bedroom apartment.”