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Housing Expenses. The website gave $176.48 per week as the ave-
rage amount a minimum-wage worker pays for housing. However, it
didn’t explain where this figure comes from or what it includes. An artic-
le about the challenge in TIME suggests that rent and utilities (monthly
bills for gas, electricity, and telephone service) should be treated as
part of the $176.48 weekly housing costs, not part of the $77 weekly
budget, which is money leftover after housing expenses are deducted.

Final Budget. Deducting the taxes and housing costs from a $290
weekly salary leaves $78.46 per week. It’s not clear why the organizers
of the challenge chose to round that figure down to $77 a week – per-
haps it was to make it divide evenly by seven, giving a budget of $11
per day. This amount has to cover all non-housing expenses, including
food, healthcare, transportation, childcare, and entertainment.

Stories From the Challenge