Low-cost housing a worry: ; Coalition says not enough being done to help

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WASHINGTON - A minimum wage worker in Charleston would have totoil 75 hours a week to pay for a two-bedroom apartment in the cityat fair market standards. There is no state or city in the countrywhere a full-time minimum wage worker, who makes about $10,700 ayear, could afford to pay fair market rent, said Sheila Crowely ofthe Low Income Housing Coalition.

Crowley offered the statistics as proof of the need for more andmore affordable housing. The Low Income Housing Coalition is part ofabout 20 groups known as the National Housing Conference that held apress conference Wednesday to highlight the nation's housing needs.

"The …