Clarification - eviltoast
  • snooggums@midwest.social
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    6 months ago

    Even 30% for housing is pushing it and based on lending limits instead of quality of life. Somewhere between 20-25% would be more reasonable.

    • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      It’s based on budgeting theory, that you should avoid rent/mortgage payments taking up more than 30% of your income.

      Granted these budget theorists also state you should be putting 10/15% to investments, which may be true theoretically, but is not in any way practical for many misfortuned folks.