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$22,550 or less, and a moderate income family household would earn between $22,551 <br />and $36,080. <br /> <br />Low-income households are predominantly <br />renters. Census data shows 65.0% of all <br />Iow-income households in Lane County are <br />renter households. This number has <br />decreased since the Consolidated Plan <br />2000, when this number was 77.0%. <br /> <br />2000 Census data indicates there was a <br />total of 49,120 (37.0%) renter households in <br />Lane County. Of this total, 19,729 renter <br />households (40.1%) had incomes 50.0% or <br />below of the MFI, while 22.8% had incomes <br />30.0% or less of the median. Lane County <br />and Eugene show a higher percentage of <br />extremely Iow-income renters while <br />Springfield has a higher percentage of <br />moderate-income renters. <br /> <br /> Number/Percent Renter Household Type <br /> Lane <br /> County Springfield Eugene <br /> <br /> Percent all <br /> renters 22.8% 21.8% 25.1% <br /> <br /> Percent all <br /> renters 17.3% 18.8% 16.9% <br /> <br /> Percent all <br /> renters 22.1% 23.8% 21.3% <br />iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii <br /> <br /> Total Renter <br /> Households 49,120 9,517 27,965 <br /> <br /> % <br />Source: 2000 Census, CHAS Data Book <br /> <br />Housing affordability is measured by the "housing cost burden." A household is <br />considered to be cost burdened if it pays more than 30.0% of its income for housing <br />costs which includes rent and utilities. A household is experiencing severe housing cost <br />burden if its housing expenses exceed 50.0% or more of its income. As to be expected, <br />the lower-income households in Lane County were much more likely to experience a <br />higher percent of housing cost burden. <br /> <br />Data from the 2000 Census shows the following patterns of cost burden for renter <br />households in Lane County, Eugene, and Springfield: <br /> <br />· 78.7% of extremely Iow-income renter households and 69.5% of Iow-income renter <br /> households in Lane County were cost burdened (paying more than 30.0% of income <br /> in rent and utilities); <br />· 69.5% of extremely Iow-income and 37.2% of Iow-income renter households in Lane <br /> County were severely cost burdened (paying more than 50.0% of income in rent and <br /> utilities); <br /> <br />These percentages were slightly higher for renter households in Eugene and Springfield. <br /> <br />44 <br /> <br /> <br />