To afford a two-bedroom apartment in the core Capital Region, a lower-income renter would have to work more than 40 hours a week to overcome the gap between hourly wage and local fair market rent, a new study shows.
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A new report from Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress, "Childcare in the Hudson Valley," documents the fact that the region is a childcare desert. Advocates are asking the state to set up a $1.2 billion fund to bolster wages for childcare workers.