Every town in Suffolk County is staring down the barrel of a generational affordability crisis. Home prices in Suffolk County, which averaged $326,800 in 2015, have since skyrocketed to an average of $640,000. While home prices have nearly doubled, median household income has risen by less than half as much.

For those looking to rent, the situation isn’t much better. A dearth of rental units throughout western Suffolk ensures that demand always outpaces available supply. Even in traditionally working-class communities such as Farmingville, Brentwood, or Copiague, the average rent is well above 30% of the average Suffolk County inflation-adjusted hourly wage, which Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies defines as the threshold for cost-burdened renting.

As for the East End, most rent

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