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Draft 9/29/14 families directly correlates with an increasing demand for other support services such as food supplement programs and utility assistance. The high cost of housing results in homelessness for some households. Homelessness directly and indirectly negatively impacts public health, public safety, and public education systems in multiple, measurable ways. 33.The next 20 years are expected to see increased need for apartments and single family housing for low and very low income households. Based on the 1990 Census, 910 approximately 20 percent of all households are currently classified as very low-income. 34. There is a shortage of unconstrained medium and high density zoned sites, for sale, that are flat and serviced with utilities. This is particularly true in Eugene. Low income projects frequently must use density bonuses or other land use incentives that require additional land use processes such as public hearings, which exposes the project to longer timelines and appeals. 35.Based on the 1995 Eugene/Springfield Consolidated Plan, in Eugene and Springfield, 35 percent of households experience housing problems (defined by HUD as overcrowded, substandard, or the household is paying over 30 percent of its income for housing and utilities). The predominate housing problem is that households are paying more than they can afford for housing. 36. The de-institutionalization of people with disabilities, including chronic mental illness, has continued since the 1980’s and adds to the number of homeless, poorly housed, and those needing local support services and special need housing. 37. Based on the annual one-night Lane County shelter/homeless counts, the number of homeless people is increasing and a third of the homeless are children. 38. Demographics point to an increasing proportion of the population over 65 years of age in the future. This will require more housing that can accommodate the special needs of this group. 39. Construction of housing with special accommodations or retrofitting existing housing drives up the occupancy costs for the tenant. Tenants with special needs typically have low incomes and are less able to pay increased rents. 40. Existing land use regulations do not easily accommodate the establishment of alternative and innovative housing strategies, such as group recovery houses and homeless shelters. 9 Low income housing: Housing priced so thata household at or below 80 percent of median income pays no more than 30 percent of its total gross household income on housing and utilities. (HUD’s figure for 1997 annual 80 percent of median for a family of three in Lane County is $27,150; 30 percent = $678/month.) 10 Very low income housing: Housing priced so that a household at or below 50 percent of median income pays no more than 30 percent of its total gross household income on housing and utilities. (HUD’s figure for 1997 annual 50 percent of median of a family of three in Lane County is $16,950; 30 percent = $423/month.) III-A-12