Every week, food pantries across Polk County give free groceries to people who are struggling to pay their bills and keep ...
Katie Worthington Decker was senior vice president of the Lakeland Economic Development Council until nearly two weeks ago, ...
The NAACP Lakeland Branch is celebrating Black History Month at the Coleman-Bush Building on Thursday, Feb. 27, at 6:30 p.m.
The State Attorney’s Office dropped charges against a Lakeland woman for allegedly making a veiled threat against a health ...
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People are considered ‘cost-burdened’ if housing is more than 30% of their income. Many Lakelanders pay much more than that.
For generations, conventional wisdom has held that households should spend no more than 30% of their income on housing. Mortgage lenders use it as a qualification ratio and landlords often require ...
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