Financial stability report released by United Ways of California
Report reveals one in three California households do not have sufficient income to meet their basic costs of living
In July, United Ways of California published a new report Struggling to Get By: The Real Cost Measure in California 2015. The report measures the true cost of living in California’s communities and the hardships households face in meeting them. It uses the Real Cost Measure, a basic needs budget model that estimates the amount of income required to meet basic needs for a given household type.