FROM INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING

A new housing wage report released this week shows the minimum wage needed to find someplace to live.

The National Low Income Housing Coalition and Prosperity Indiana’s report shows that it takes a little more than 22 dollars per hour to afford a typical two-bedroom apartment statewide.

That’s more than three dollars higher than last year. And Prosperity Indiana’s Andrew Bradley says wage growth hasn’t kept up.

Bradley says addressing the problem will require solutions at all levels of government. He says that includes the state empowering local communities to enact change.

Bradley says Indiana’s worsening crisis is another reason for the governor to create a housing commission to address the issue.