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of income for low income households was $23.168. Because the census provides information only <br />in specific income ranges. it is not possible to determine exactly how many 1990 low income. owner <br />households paid more than 30% of their income for housing. Using the under S20.000 ranges <br />reflected in Table 1 provides the conservative estimate of 1.444 low income households with <br />affordability -problems in 1990. <br />HOUSEHOLDS PAYING MORE TABLE 2 <br />THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME FOR RENT <br />RENTER OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS <br />1989 <br />HOUSEHOLD <br />INCOME <br />Less than 10.000 <br />510.000-$19.999 <br />520.000-$34.999 <br />S35.000 -S49.999 <br />Over S50.000 <br />ACCEPTABLE <br />RANGE OF <br />HOUSING COST <br />Less than $250 <br />$250-$500 <br />3500-S875 <br />S875-$1.125 <br />More than $1.125 <br /># OF HOUSEHOLDS <br />PAYING MORE <br />THAN 30% OF THEIR <br />INCOME FOR <br />HOUSING COST <br />1.326 <br />1.690 <br />603 <br />91 <br />28 <br />Total renter -occupied units = 9 418 units <br />CUMULATIVE <br />TOTAL <br />1.326 <br />3.016 <br />3.619 <br />3.710 <br />3.738 <br />% OF TOTAL <br />SPECIFIED <br />RENTER <br />OCCUPIED <br />UNITS <br />14.07 <br />32.02 <br />38.42 <br />39.39 <br />39.68 <br />Source: 1990 Census of Population and Housing <br />As indicated in Table 2, 3.016 or 32.02% of the 1990 renter occupied households with an income <br />Tess than $20.000 were paying more than 30% of their income for rent <br />Assuming that the percentage of low income households with a housing affordability problem stayed <br />constant from 1990 to 2000 the total low income. renter and owner households in 2000, based on <br />the factored census data would be approximately 4.500. This number is significantly less than the <br />more recent estimates by the Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing at the University of Flonda. <br />Tables 3 and 4, from the Affordable Housing Needs Assessment report, by the University of Florida, <br />Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing, identify the number of existing renter and owner <br />households paying more than 30 percent of their income for housing <br />HOUSEHOLDS <br />WITH <br />AFFORDABILITY <br />PROBLEM <br />J <br />TABLE3 <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY HOUSING COST BURDEN <br />NUMBER AND HOUSEHOLDS PAYING 30% OR MORE OF THEIR INCOME <br />FOR HOUSING COSTS BY INCOME RANGE <br />2000 <br />Income Range <br />Owner Households <br />Renter Households <br />2000 <br />2000 <br />Less than S10.000 <br />2.497 <br />2.078 <br />510.000-$19.999 <br />2.072 <br />'_.156 <br />$20.000-$34.999 <br />1.851 <br />737 <br />$35.000-549.999 <br />608 <br />116 <br />More than 350.000 <br />787 38 <br />TOTAL 1 7.815 <br />5.125 <br />February 13, 2001 <br />99 <br />B1(117PG111 <br />