I did not read through the whole thing... what a mess. However, gotta bring up LIVING WAGES. This is what minimum wages addressed in the 1930's, but brought it into today's perspective. BTW, numbers are still pretty low. In Grand Forks, ND they say housing for 2 is 589. I'm at the bare bottom of it up here for a 2 bedroom and it's at 625+utilities. So, things are a bit off.
http://www.livingwage.geog.psu.edu/counties/51107