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families directly correlates with an increasing demand for other support services such as <br /> food supplement programs and utility assistance. The high cost of housing results in <br /> homelessness for some households. Homelessness directly and indirectly negatively <br /> impacts public health, public safety, and public education systems in multiple, <br /> measurable ways. <br /> <br />33. The next 20 years are expected to see increased need for apartments and single family <br /> housing for low~° and very low" income households. Based on the 1990 Census, <br /> approximately 20 percent of all households are currently classified as very low-income. <br /> <br />34. There is a shortage of unconstrained medium and high density zoned sites, for sale, that <br /> are flat and serviced with utilities. This is particularly tree in Eugene. Low income <br /> projects frequently must use density bonuses or other land use incentives that require <br /> additional land use processes such as public hearings, which exposes the project to longer <br /> timelines and appeals. <br /> <br />35. Based on the 1995 Eugene/Springfield Consolidated Plan, in Eugene and Springfield, 35 <br /> percent of households experience housing problems (defined by HUD as overcrowded, <br /> substandard, or the household is paying over 30 percent of its income for housing and <br /> utilities). The predominate housing problem is that households are paying more than they <br /> can afford for housing. <br /> <br />36. The de-institutionalization of people with disabilities, including chronic mental illness, <br /> has continued since the 1980's and adds to the number of homeless, poorly housed, and <br /> those needing local support services and special need housing. <br /> <br />37. Based on the annual one-night Lane County shelter/homeless counts, the number of <br /> homeless people is increasing and a third of the homeless are children. <br /> <br />38. Demographics point to an increasing proportion of the population over 65 years of age in <br /> the future. This will require more housing that can accommodate the special needs of this <br /> group. <br /> <br />39. Construction of housing with special accommodations or retrofitting existing housing <br /> drives up the occupancy costs for the tenant. Tenants with special needs typically have <br /> low incomes and are less able to pay increased rents. <br /> <br />40. Existing land use regulations do not easily accommodate the establishment of alternative <br /> and innovative housing strategies, such as group recovery houses and homeless shelters. <br /> <br />l0 Low income housing: Housing priced so that a household at or below 80 percent of median income pays no more <br /> <br />than 30 percent of its total gross household income on housing and utilities. (HUD's figure for 1997 annual 80 <br />percent of median for a family of three in Lane County is $27,150; 30 percent = $678/month.) <br /> <br />n Very low income housing: Housing priced so that a household at or below 50 percent of median income pays no <br /> <br />more than 30 percent of its total gross household income on housing and utilities. (HUD's figure for 1997 annual 50 <br />percent of median of a family of three in Lane County is $16,950; 30 percent = $423/month.) <br /> <br /> III-A- 11 <br /> <br /> <br />