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In 2000, Iow-income large family households reported having housing problems (cost <br />burdened and/or overcrowding) at a higher rate than all other household types in <br />Lane County. These were mostly extremely Iow-income rental households. <br /> <br />Small and large family housing needs in <br />Eugene and Springfield differ slightly from Lane <br />County. Small family renters make up a larger <br />percentage of the renter population in <br />Springfield than Eugene at 45.0% compared to <br />29.0%, and a larger percentage of these <br />households in Springfield are Iow-income. <br /> <br />Compared to Lane County and Eugene, <br /> <br /> Low-Income Renterswith Housing Problems <br />100.0% 1 <br />80.0% 1 <br />60.0% 1 <br />40.0% 1 <br /> <br />Lane County <br /> <br />B Bderly [] Snail Rdated [] Large Rd~ed [] Non-Family <br /> <br />Springfield also has a larger percentage of large family renter households and the <br />likelihood of these households being Iow-income is slightly higher. <br /> <br />In all jurisdictions, small and large family Iow-income renters reported the highest <br />percentage of housing cost burden. In Eugene, 92.0% of large family renters <br />reported housing cost burden with 82.0% in Lane County and 77.0% in Springfield. <br />The percentage of small family renter households reporting housing cost burden was <br />as follows, Eugene reported 85.0%, Lane County 82.0%, and Springfield 83.0%. <br /> <br />Approximately one-third of small and large family renter households were Iow- <br />income while more than three-quarters were housing cost burdened. <br /> <br />Non-Family Renters. Non-family renters include un-related individuals and <br />students. In Lane County, 2000 Census data shows non-family renters comprise <br />almost half of all renter households and of these households 45.0% are Iow-income. <br />Eugene reported a higher percent of non-family renter households at 54.0% and <br />Springfield reported less at 34.0%. <br /> <br />Consistent with the percentage of non-family renter household totals, Eugene has <br />the highest percentage of Iow-income non-family renters with 48.0%, then Lane <br />County with 45.0% and Springfield with 39.0%. <br /> <br />The percentage of Iow-income non-family renter households reporting housing cost <br />burden was almost identical in all three jurisdictions. Lane County reported 81.0%, <br />Eugene 82.0%, and Springfield 80.0%. In all three jurisdictions, Iow-income non- <br />family renters consistently reported the highest percentage of severe housing cost <br />burden compared to all other household types. Lane County reported 61.0%, <br />Eugene 65.0%, and Springfield 58.0%. <br /> <br />Minority Renters. Federal regulations 24 CFR 91.205(b)(2) requires a test for any <br />of the income categories enumerated in paragraph (b)(1), that to the extent that any <br />racial or ethnic group has disproportionately greater need in comparison to the needs <br />of that category as a whole, assessment of that specific need shall be included. For <br />this purpose, disproportionately greater need exists when the percentage of persons <br />in a category of need who are members of a particular racial or ethnic group is at <br />least ten percentage points higher than the percentage of persons in the category as <br />a whole. <br /> <br />47 <br /> <br /> <br />