As a trusted personal finance writer and mortgage specialist, Maryalene LaPonsie has interviewed hundreds of certified financial planners, CPAs and wealth advisors, and distills their expertise into ...

Putting “fun” back into low- and middle-income Americans’ budgets could be years away with most of their income barely covering the surge in costs for bare necessities, economists said. Even with ...

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As the cost of living rises, driven by a housing affordability crisis, the very definition of being “low income” is changing. In Orange, Santa Barbara and San Diego counties, the threshold for a ...

In four Bay Area counties, you can now earn a six-figure salary and still be considered low-income. According to the latest state eligibility requirements for affordable housing, a single renter ...