by Tony Gonzalez
September 28, 2010 11:36 PM
Like homebuyers, many renters are having to downsize, putting more things in storage to make it possible to live in a smaller space, as housing prices become less affordable. Putting some things in storage makes downsizing a little bit easier by increasing the amount of space in a home available for use and decreasing the percentage of home space that is used for storage. While some renters use storage permanently as a way of decreasing the amount of living space that they need to pay for every month, others use it temporarily, while they transition to another home or to hold items that they are selling on eBay or Craig’s List.
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Tags: housing, affordable housing, housing less affordable, downsizing, storage, self storage, poverty, income, rental income, housing budget, columbus, indiana, college station, texas, daniel mccue, joint center for housing studies, new mexico coalition to end homelessness, loretta fuller