Pay the Rent or Feed the family?

A 24% increase in rental prices in the last 12 months have pounded Wake County renters. Imagine a working family of four earning $12 an hour. The anxiety. Desperation. Unbearable choices.

Pay the rent or feed your family? Fill necessary prescriptions or fill the tank?

Currently, in Wake County there are:

• 1204 families and individuals in need of a shelter bed

• 224 households in shelters waiting to move out

• 470 households in need of dignified, affordable housing

Hidden in these statistics is the face of a child, which more and more is the face of homelessness in our community.