[abshack]

$750/$1160 is ~64%. The common definition for affordable rent is ~30% of monthly wage[1] (based on some quick google-fu).

[1] http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/special-topics/files/...

[mhurron]

The lower your income, the higher percentage of it will go to housing unless you are prepared to live in a dank, urine-soaked hellhole.

[extra88]

Or have (more) roommates. Three people together can get a 2-3 bedroom apartment that's better than the 1 bedroom apartments they can get individually.