Tease of Data for 32,000+ HUD Housing Voucher Units in Oregon: Oregon Ranks #1 in West and #6 Nationwide in Percent of Vouchers that are Project Based.

I have starting to analyze HUD voucher data I have recently discovered that includes use and cost data on more than 2 million HUD voucher units under lease as of September 2010.

As a tease, below is a table that ranks the top 10 states by the percentage of leased vouchers used for project based assistance.  

Table shows that Oregon ranks #1 in states West of Mississippi and Oregon ranks #6 nationwide. Oregon's high rank is due almost entirely based on project basing from the Housing Authority of Portland who had 1,133 (98%) of the total 1,158 Oregon PHA project based voucher units.   

Note ALSO that Oregon had 32,141 vouchers under lease as of September 2010; I will look more closely at the distribution, use and cost of those vouchers in future posts.

State	Total Vouchers Leased	Project Based Vouchers	% Project Based Vouchers	State Rank
All States	2,078,353	37,572	1.8%
DC	10,866	1,443	13.3%	1
VT	5,811	751	12.9%	2
NH	9,140	479	5.2%	3
RI	8,506	357	4.2%	4
ME	12,040	492	4.1%	5
OR	32,141	1,158	3.6%	6
MA	72,268	2,413	3.3%	7
PR	28,059	933	3.3%	8
MN	29,728	985	3.3%	9
LA	42,988	1,334	3.1%	10

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.