This map shows a county level summary of housing problems of low income households. Low income households ("LI households") are those making less than 50% of the area median income. The various housing problems are: lacking complete kitchen or plumbing facilities (substandard), having more than 1 person per room (overcrowded), and paying more than 30% of gross income towards housing costs (cost burdened). We assume that lacking complete kitchen or plumbing facilities is the most severe housing problem, followed by overcrowding, followed by cost burden. If a household has more than one of these problems they are counted with the most severe problem. These maps are produced from Table 3 of HUD’s CHAS data. |
