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[–] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

Not necessarily - some income requirements are kind of crazy, like they need your rent to be less than 20% of your takehome income.

Especially nowadays with rent being more expensive than ever and generally making up a bigger portion of people's budget than before (by necessity), it's not that uncommon to spend half or more of your take home on rent. Especially somewhere like NYC