Item A: Adoption of 2007 Legislative Policies

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B. HOUSING Figures in this section are based on 2000 census data.) ( There remains a growing housing crisis for those who need low-cost housing or Housing Crisis emergency shelter. The need for emergency shelter is documented in the adopted Eugene- Springfield Consolidated Plan, the United 25.7 percent of Eugene’s 58,000 households are very P Way's State of Caring study and Community low-income. When combined with Springfield, over Solutions Plan, and detailed data collected by 20,000 households have incomes at or below 50% of Lane County from a variety of social services the area median . agencies. Despite a variety of shelter and homeless assistance programs (including Family Shelter House, Interfaith Emergency Fewer than 4,500 of the 20,000 eligible households P Shelter Program, Station 7 Youth Shelter, receive housing subsidies, due to a shortage of Lindholm Service Station, and New Roads) resources. and an ordinance that allows churches, businesses, government entities and residents Local counts of homeless people indicate that at P to invite homeless people to camp on their least 1,250 and perhaps as many as 3,500 homeless property, people are still turned away nightly people can be found in Eugene on any given night. from overcrowded emergency shelters. The One third are children. rental vacancy rates in Eugene are near zero, despite the construction of new housing units. The average monthly cost of an older two Many population are in housing crisis or have P bedroom rental in Eugene is $626 per month, become homeless. For instance, 12% of Lane not including utilities. A household relying County’s 38,000 Veterans are homeless ( 4,560) on minimum wage can only afford $390.00 including utilities. This area's most pressing need remains the creation of new low-cost housing for very- low-income households. Evidence of this housing crisis includes: ? Out of nearly 37,500 renter households in Eugene and Springfield, 15,600 (42%) have incomes below 50% of median income (defined as very low income). (2000 census) ? Over seventy percent of very-low-income families pay more than 30 percent of their income for housing. Thirty-seven percent pay more than half of their income for housing. (2000 census) City of Eugene Legislative Policies, 2007 Session With IGR Mtg 10/17 and 10/26 Amendments C:\Documents and Settings\ceexelf\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK10B\LegPol2007Sesxx1.doc Updated on: 11/6/2006 By: Last saved by ceexmfw 39