In a Washington Post article titled “A minimum-wage worker can’t afford a two-bedroom apartment anywhere in the U.S.” (June 13, 2018), it was highlighted how “… there is still nowhere in the country where someone working a full-time minimum wage job could afford to rent a modest two-bedroom apartment, according to an annual report released Wednesday by the National Low Income Housing Coalition . . . .” From the options below, choose the alternative that is closest to the correct interpretation of the statement. Explain your reasoning.
a) Apartments are too expensive in the United States.
b) Apartments are too cheap in the United States.
c) It is impossible for full-time minimum wage workers in the United States to find a modest two-bedroom apartment to rent.
d) It is not easy for full-time minimum wage workers in the United States to find a modest two-bedroom apartment to rent.
e) Full-time minimum wage workers in the United States can only rent less than modest two-bedroom apartment.