Fernandez Realty Group

Did you know…🤔 That by working at minimum wage for $7.25/hr, each week you have to work 106 HOURS to afford a modest 1 bedroom rental home at Fair Market Rent.💰 This is why workforce development and the ability to make a life-sustaining wage is so important to all aspects of life, including safe, affordable housing.🏠 Source: National Low Income Housing Coalition

The pandemic drove more than 70 million additional people into extreme poverty. This is why our team at Fernandez Realty Group made it our life’s mission to do our part to offer more people a safe, affordable place to call home. Home is where opportunities are nurtured, and from this it is where change grows. 🏡

Addressing the issue of safe, affordable housing spans far beyond the brick-and-mortar structures. We must also consider how the location supports access to adequate education. 📚 Black and Hispanic/Latino students remain concentrated in segregated, high- poverty neighborhoods with low-performing schools. 📉 According to Habitat for Humanity, about 45% of Black and Hispanic/Latino students attend high-poverty schools.📊 Fernandez Realty Group is working to address the whole picture of poverty when we invest in a low-income housing project.🏡 We work to create entire systems that support each social determinant of health.

3.3 That’s the number of fulltime JOBS at minimum wage person needs to work in order to afford a two-bedroom rental home at Fair Market Rent. Source: National Low Income Housing Coalition. The demand for low incoming housing is at an all-time high, because without it, more and more of our community will end of homeless due to the cost of rent skyrocketing.

Did you know… 🤔 Among households with low incomes, moving into more affordable and stable housing was associated with 18% fewer emergency department visits and 20% more primary care visits, which combined equate to a 12%, or approximately $580, decrease in Medicaid health care expenditures from the previous year. Source: Habitat for Humanity and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) This is just one example of why creating more low-income housing opportunities is so important to the health of our communities and nation.

Safe, affordable housing is about so much more than the physical space alone! According to Habitat for Humanity and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), living in homes in low-poverty neighborhoods or neighborhoods with access to healthy foods can improve physical health and healthy eating.

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Did you know…Among households with low incomes, moving into more affordable and stable housing was associated with 18% fewer emergency department visits and 20% more primary care visits, which combined equate to a 12%, or approximately $580, decrease in Medicaid health care expenditures from the previous year. Source: Habitat for Humanity and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) This is just one example of why creating more low-income housing opportunities is so important to the health of our communities and nation. #fernandezrealtygroup #HousingForAll

If you don’t think there is an affordable housing crisis, consider this. A full-time worker in Pennsylvania earning minimum wage needs to work nearly 3.3 full-time jobs or approximately 130 hours per week to afford a two-bedroom apartment. That’s simply not possible or reasonable! We need to do better, and by working together we can. The first step is awareness. Let’s shine a light on the affordable housing gap in Pennsylvania! #pennsylvaniahousing #AffordableHousing

As we close out June, we recognize Juneteenth, the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. And while this is a huge milestone, our work is far from complete. As we celebrate this special holiday of unity and liberation, join with Fernandez Realty Group in urging our elected officials to pass policies to advance racial equity in housing. #juneteenth #reflection