Voucher Expense Data, US, States, Oregon, and Oregon PHA's.

I have constructed two HUD voucher tables for Oregon HERE, including NEW cost data in the second table. Tables show:

• For all Oregon PHA's the number of vouchers under lease, and the use for select programs. (This was included in earlier post).
• For all Oregon PHA's total voucher costs (including administrative expenses) and monthly per unit costs for these vouchers. This is a NEW table, and includes the calculations and comparisons explained below.
• The Oregon statewide average is calculated, along with an average for the three Portland metro PHA's (Clackamas, Portland, and Washington). [I slipped in Vancouver PHA data at bottom of table]. 
• Comparisons between the Oregon statewide average and the national average per unit costs are shown as is a comparison of the 3 county Portland metro per unit average monthly costs compared to the Oregon statewide average per unit monthly costs.

Some caveats:

1. Voucher housing costs [HAP, Housing Assistance Payments] do NOT include any tenant rent contributions. Housing lower income tenants will increase HAP costs, even if PHA's used the same fair market /comparable rent level.
2. Voucher counts and expenses shown are as of the FIRST of the month (September 2010). Leases terminated or added during month may impact total and per unit costs. Use of data from other months could also return different results.
3. PHA data entry errors or system errors (along with my human errors) could result in incorrect information being shown in the underlying database or in these reports. [I encourage PHA's to let me know if they see significant discrepancies between these tables and the data they reported to HUD].

Some observations: 

1. Annualized, the monthly HAP of $15,461,220 for all Oregon PHA's would total to more than $185 million in annual HAP payments or an average of $5,773 per family. Monthly admin expense of $1,879,026 would add $702 annually per family.
2. Oregon monthly average HAP per unit ($481) was 76.4% of national average ($630).
3. Oregon monthly average admin expense per unit ($58) was 87.3% of the national average ($67).
4. Oregon FSS monthly average expense per unit ($3.67) was 196.8% of the national average ($1.86). 
5. Three County Portland Metro monthly HAP ($566) was 118% of the Oregon statewide average ($481).
6. Three County Portland Metro monthly admin expense ($56) per unit was 96% of the Oregon statewide average ($58).
7. Three County Portland Metro FSS monthly average expense per unit ($1.66) was 45% of the Oregon statewide average ($3.67).
   

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.