Poverty in Our Community

Martin County is a beautiful place to live, but it is also costly. On average, the cost of living is 4 times higher than the minimum wage. Low wage earners would have to work 80 to 120 hours a week to afford common expenses like food, housing, health insurance, medical bills, transportation, child care and taxes. Low income communities also have higher rates of chronic illnesses like diabetes, hypertension, obesity and risk of stroke.  They also have increasingly limited options for housing, with even rental prices of modest apartments out of reach for low-wage earners.

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House of Hope urges you to learn more about our community and the challenges its most vulnerable residents face.  With your support, House of Hope strives to create dignified solutions to the problems our neighbors are facing.

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