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homeowners (33%). In comparison, 44% of Lane County's <br />households and 42% of State households were cost burdened in <br />2011. <br />• In 2012, Eugene had a deficit of about 13,000 dwelling units that <br />would be affordable to households earning $25,000 or less based <br />on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's <br />(HUD) affordability guidelines. <br />• More than one-quarter of Eugene households could not afford a <br />studio apartment at HUD's fair market rent level of $525, and <br />40% of households could not afford a two-bedroom apartment <br />at HUD's fair market rent level of $806. <br />• A household earning median family income ($59,200) could <br />afford a home valued up to about $148,000. About one-third of <br />Eugene's owner -occupied dwellings were affordable to a <br />household earning median family income. <br />• Average sales prices increased by 15% to 61% over the 2001 to <br />2011 period in Eugene, increasing by between $17,600 (in <br />Danebo) to $113,300 (in East Eugene) per unit over the eleven <br />year period. <br />• Between 1999 and 2010, growth in homeownership costs <br />outpaced growth in income. Median owner value increased by <br />56% between 1999 and 2011, while median household income <br />increased by 4% and median family income increased by 13%. <br />• Between 1999 and 2011, growth in renter costs outpaced growth <br />in income. Median gross rent increased by 33% between 1999 <br />and 2010, while median household income increased by 4% and <br />median family income increased by 13%. <br />Eugene's housing market has produced a mixture of single- <br />family and multi -family housing types since 2000, at a wide - <br />range of densities. The following describes the types and <br />characteristics of housing that Eugene's market produced over the <br />last decade or more: <br />• The share of single-family housing types changed from 60% in <br />1990 to 56% in 2011. The share of multi -family housing <br />increased from 40% in 1990 to 4439% in 2011. Single-family <br />39 Table 5 shows that multifamily includes the following housing mix in 2011: 8% single-family <br />attached, 11% structures with two to four units, and 25% structures with five or more units. <br />Page 108 ECONorthwest Part 11 — Eugene Housing Needs Analysis <br />