2021 Oregon Legislature: Latest Severe Rent Burden Rates for Districts of Housing Committee Members.

I recently published HERE a list of Oregon legislators along with information about the elderly population in their districts.

I'm now focusing on renter severe rent burdens (renters who pay 50% or more of their income for rent) in each of the 30 Senate and 60 House districts. 

As a start HERE and embedded below is a PDF list of Representatives and Senators who sit on Housing Committees. The list, which uses the latest ACS 2019 data on severe cost burdens, includes a hyperlinked name that is linked to email, as well as columns with the legislator's telephone number, party, and severe rent burden data for their district. 

Some observations: 

1. Statewide 26%/145,586 of Oregon renter households with household income data available were paying 50% of more of their income for rent.  Among Housing Committee members the share of renters in their districts who were paying 50% or more for rent ranged from 20% to 31%.
2. Statewide of ALL renters who were paying 50% of more of their income for rent 92%/134,413 had incomes of LESS than $35,000.  Among Housing Committee members the share of ALL severe rent burdened renters with incomes LESS than $35,000 ranged from 86% to 99%. 
3. Statewide of ALL renters who were paying 50% of more of their income only 1% had incomes of MORE than $50,000.  Among Housing Committee members the share of ALL severe rent burdened renters with incomes MORE than $50,000 ranged from 0% to 3%. 

At a later date I will later publish a list of severe rent burden data for all legislators. 

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