Homeowners in Brooklyn are paying plenty for their housing—more than just about anyone else in New York City or State, in fact. According to 2006 Census data, 31 percent of Brooklyn homeowners with a mortgage are spending half or more of their earnings on housing, the highest percentage of any large county in the state. And 55 percent of Brooklyn homeowners paid 30 percent or more of their income for housing while shouldering the second-highest (after Manhattan) monthly costs in the city, at $2,194. A recipe for disaster or just the way it’s always been?
Housing Takes Bigger Bite of New Yorkers’ Incomes, Census Data Shows [NY Times]