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Ned Murray, the associate director of the Metropolitan Center at Florida International University, said shelter costs – which account for more than a third of the overall consumer price index – have stabilized in most metro areas but continued to increase in Miami and Tampa.
The top 50 cities listed in the SmartAsset report – including Miami, Hialeah, and Pompano Beach – are places with large populations of working poor, said Edward "Ned" Murray, associate director of Florida International University's Jorge M. Perez Metropolitan Center.
“The people who are moving here, for the most part … are not employed in South Florida’s key industries. And that’s a problem,” said Edward “Ned” Murray, associate director of Florida International University’s Jorge M. Pérez Metropolitan Center.
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