Thursday, February 26, 2009

Federally Assisted Housing: Oregon vs. US.

Remember the CBPP report on assisted housing and rental housing needs I posted about earlier in the week, HERE?

I grabbed data from the report, did some analysis, and produced two tables that illustrate that:

1.Vouchers Play Larger Role, Public Housing Lesser in Oregon vs. U.S.
The first table (pgs. 1-3) shows the % of all federally assisted units by program for all states. This illustrates the greater importance that housing vouchers have in Oregon compared to US, and the relatively lesser share that public housing plays in Oregon compared to rest of US.

2. To Achieve Same Ratio of Cost Burdened Renters to Federally Assisted Units as the Median for "All States", Oregon Would Need to INCREASE Federally Assisted Units by 47% (24,500+).
The last page (pg 4 of document/table) compares ratio of rent burdened to all federally assisted units for Oregon compared to median for all states. The table shows that:

To achieve the same median ratio as "All States", the number of federally assisted units in Oregon would need to increase by 47%, or more than 24,500 units.


Have a look. Tables (legal sized, landscape) are HERE.

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