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Data Sources:

  • U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2008 (estimates of cost-burdened renter households)
  • National Low Income Housing Coalition, Out of Reach 2009: America’s Growing Wage-Rent Disparity (Franklin County housing wage data)

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Definitions:

  • Housing cost burden: Paying more than 30% of household income for housing costs, including utilities.
  • Affordable housing: Spending no more than 30% of household income for housing costs, including utilities.
  • Housing wage: A measure developed by the National Low Income Housing Coalition that represents what a person working 40 hours per week must earn per hour in order to afford the HUD Fair Market Rent in a jurisdiction, paying no more than 30% of income for housing.