The Tacoma Housing Authority made a bold change to how it pays its employees this summer.
to how it pays its employees this summer, raising their minimum wage to $32 an hour.
According to the THA, the average rent for for a two-bed unit in Tacoma is $1,643. In order to be able to pay that plus utilities, a household would need to earn around $65,720 a year, or $31.60 an hour for a 40-hour work week. “All of our employees contribute to our mission of providing stable and sustainable housing for all, yet many of our team members have struggled to pay their bills or find housing they can afford in the city we ask them to work,” THA Executive Director April Black said in a news release.
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