Transportation costs are a wild card in housing affordability, study says
(MCT) — Transportation costs per household in the Chicago area are among the lowest in the U.S., but those expenses are increasing dramatically for families who live in the outer suburbs, according to a new study released Tuesday.
Overall, the Chicago area, northwest Indiana and southern Wisconsin ranked No. 4 — behind New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles — in the housing and transportation affordability index released by the Chicago-based Center for Neighborhood Technology.
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