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| Public Housing | Tenant- Based Section 8 |
Private Project- Based Section 8 |
Other Private Project- Based (b) |
Total (c) | |
| Total Households | 1,200,000 | 1,400,000 | 1,400,000 | 300,000 | 4,300,000 |
| Persons per Household | 2.32 | 2.70 | 1.85 | 2.07 | 2.27 |
| Race/Ethnicity (a) | |||||
| % White Non-Hispanic | 30% | 44% | 54% | 53% | 44% |
| % Black Non-Hispanic | 48% | 37% | 32% | 31% | 38% |
| % Hispanic | 19% | 15% | 11% | 11% | 15% |
| % Asian | 2% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| % Native American | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| Household Composition | |||||
| % Families With Children (d) | 46% | 65% | 35% | 38% | 48% |
| % 1 Child | 16% | 22% | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| % 2 Children | 15% | 22% | 12% | 13% | 16% |
| % 3 or More | 16% | 21% | 8% | 7% | 14% |
| % Households Without Children | 54% | 35% | 65% | 62% | 52% |
| % Elderly (e) | 30% | 16% | 47% | 34% | 31% |
| % Persons with Disabilities |
11% | 12% | 11% | 5% | 11% |
| % Other | 13% | 7% | 7% | 23% | 10% |
| Primary Income Source For Families With Children (f) | |||||
| % Wages | 36% | 36% | 40% | 78% | 40% |
| % Public Assistance (g) | 48% | 49% | 38% | 10% | 42% |
| % SS, Pensions (g) | 8% | 8% | 15% | 9% | 10% |
| Economic Characteristics For All Households (f) | |||||
| Median Income | $6,939 | $7,547 | $7,501 | $13,326 | $7,766 |
| As % of area median | 21% | 21% | 23% | 38% | 23% |
| Average Income | $8,535 | $8,922 | $8,365 | $15,024 | $9,058 |
| As % of area median | 24% | 24% | 25% | 41% | 26% |
| Average Monthly Rent (h) | $188 | $195 | $181 | $342 | $199 |
| Notes:
a Changes from previous fact sheets should be interpreted cautiously because of variations in reporting. This fact sheet weights data for PHA-administered programs to control totals. Newer data, with different categories, are in A Picture of Subsidized Housing in 1997.
b Other private project-based are households in multifamily projects that receive only shallower subsidies: for example, units with interest reduction subsidies under Section 236, but no Section 8 assistance.
c This total does not include Indian housing and Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation. These programs have 0.1 million households each, raising the total of assisted households to 4.5 million. The public housing total is occupied units; other program totals assume full utilization of units.
d All households with children regardless of the age or disability status of the head of household.
e Households whose head is 62 years of age or older regardless of disability status.
f Primary income source means the largest of four categories of income: wages, public assistance, Social Security/pensions, other. For public housing and tenant-based Section 8 programs, economic statistics exclude households with zero incomes because of suspected reporting problems.
g Public assistance includes state General Assistance for all programs. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) also is included in public assistance for public housing and tenant-based Section 8, but in Social Security/pension income for private project-based programs.
h For public housing and tenant-based Section 8 programs, not always the actual rent paid by tenants; for example, because of public housing ceiling rents or voucher families renting above or below fair market rent. Sources: Public Housing and Tenant-Based Section 8 data are a February 1997 extract of the Multifamily Tenant Characteristics System (MTCS); Project-Based program data are a June 1997 extract of the Tenant Rental Assistance Certification System (TRACS).
Program totals are based on budget and accounting data. |
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