Some American renters are going to extremes to afford housing, with about one in five saying all of their regular income goes to paying their rent, according to a Redfin survey.

About 20% of renters indicated they are working a second job to pay housing costs, and a similar percentage said they have worked at a place they hate to afford rent. Fourteen percent have relied on a cash gift from family to pay rent, 13% have pulled money from retirement accounts and 12% have reduced their contributions to retirement savings in favor of paying rent.

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