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HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN - TABLE II.' <br />HOUSING ASSISTANCE NEEDS OF LOWER-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS <br />Continuation of E. Data Sources and Methods: <br />Methodology, <br />1. Total number of households, by population sub -group, potentially <br />requiring Housing Assistance in 1970 in Indian River County was <br />calculated based upon DHUD Special Tabulation of household incomes, <br />size and housing characteristics compared with lower income limits <br />for Section 8 Housing Assistance. <br />i 2e Comparison of income, poverty and housing characteristics for the <br />in Indian River County. <br />These were subtracted from <br />Y <br />municipalities <br />Count leavin the number of households requiring <br />the total for the g <br />Y <br />assistance in the unincorporated portions of the County. <br />3e Households living in assisted housing constructed since 1970 were <br />deleted. <br />.4o The resulting 1970 estimate of households requiring assistance were <br />updated in 1974 based upon population growth and the following <br />assum tion* <br />p � i <br />The major portion of growth in Indian River County <br />since 1970 is the result of in -migration and the <br />rate of growth among lower income households which <br />would require assistance should be slower than over- <br />all pupulation growth - and it is assumed to approxi - <br />tate one-half of the overall growth rate. <br />The increase in households requiring assistance <br />is distributed among the population sub -groups in <br />proportion to their representation in 1970, with <br />adjustment for a lesser rate of growth in the Black <br />.segment' <br />�� were estimated <br />5. Handicapped households requiring housing assistance <br />4 on the basis of the number of recipients of Public Assistance for the <br />blind and disabled. <br />e <br />77 <br />F <br />i <br />•tc <br />.. RIs pcl }�.'•�l - •R:(v' 'lr3 -.l ' - 1. -.- ._. <br />MAY�. 197 641Qka4 <br />a <br />