Income and Rents in Public and Assisted Housing
By Household Type and Program


Total Families
With
Children
(a)
Elderly (b) Nonelderly With Disabilities Other

Public Housing (c)
Median Income $6,939 $6,633 $7,451 $6,258 $6,639
Average Income $8,535 $8,473 $8,614 $7,363 $9,654
Average Rent (d) $188 $181 $188 $169 $234
Average Income For Those With Wages $12,667 $12,477 $12,127 $12,200 $13,591
Sec. 8 Tenant-Based (c)
Median Income $7,547 $8,068 $7,506 $6,670 $6,740
Average Income $8,922 $9,392 $8,352 $7,525 $8,281
Average Rent (d) $195 $200 $187 $175 $211
Average Income For Those With Wages $12,806 $13,177 $12,734 $11,300 $10,671
Sec. 8 Project-Based
Median Income $7,501 $6,562 $8,227 $6,554 $5,723
Average Income $8,365 $7,992 $9,094 $7,255 $7,112
Average Rent (d) $181 $172 $191 $163 $184
Average Income For Those With Wages $11,622 $11,972 $13,424 $9,848 $10,310
Other Private Project-Based (e)
Median Income $13,326 $16,629 $10,669 $7,375 $15,188
Average Income $15,024 $17,899 $11,781 $8,735 $16,526
Average Rent (d) $342 $397 $276 $218 $379
Average Income For Those With Wages $19,491 $20,347 $19,197 $11,855 $18,630

Notes:

a All households with children regardless of the age or disability status of the head of household.

b Households whose head is 62 years of age or older regardless of disability status.

c For public housing and tenant-based Section 8 programs, economic statistics exclude households with zero incomes because of suspected reporting problems.

d 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.

e 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.

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).

See also:

A Picture of Subsidized Households in 1996 and A Picture of Subsidized Households in1997 on the Web at http://www.huduser.org. Select Data Available from HUD USER, then Assisted Housing-National and Local data. New data, with different categories, are in A Picture of Subsidized Housing in 1997.


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