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EUGENE • SPRINGFIELD 2020 CONSOLIDATED PLAN for Housing & Community Development moderate -income homeowner households need increased access to affordable homeownership opportunities and support to remain homeowners. The high costs also reduce opportunities for potential homebuyers. • A significant majority of low-income owners experience a housing cost burden, over- crowding, and/or substandard housing conditions (Eugene —78%, Springfield —59%). • Owner households earning less than 80% of area median income (very -low, low- and moderate- incomes): A significant majority of these homeowners spend more than 30% of their income on housing costs (Eugene — 669/o, Springfield — 57%). Moreover, 41 % of these households in Eugene and 28% of these households in Springfield spend 50% of their income on housing costs. • Owner households earning less than 50% of area median income (very -low and low- income): There are 3,370 owner occupied households in Eugene, and 2,030 in Springfield earning less than 50% AMI. Over three quarters (77%) of these households in Eugene and over half (56%) of households in Springfield spend more than 30% of their income on housing costs. 59% of these owner households in Eugene and 39% in Springfield spend more than 50% of their income on housing costs. People Experiencing Homelessness People need access to housing and supportive services to prevent them from becoming homeless and to leave homelessness. • The 2019 Point in Time Count identified 2,165 people experiencing homelessness. • Of those, 1,633 were unsheltered, 84 were families with children staying in a shelter, 841 were chronically homeless, 197 were veterans, 525 reported substance abuse and 759 were seriously mentally ill. • The 2019 PIT Count identified 145 unaccompanied youth, with 21 in Emergency Shelter (6 youth under age 18), 16 in Transitional Housing (6 youth under age 18), and 108 unsheltered (14 youth under age 18). A total of 26 unaccompanied homeless youth were under age 18, 119 were ages 18-24. • Lane County reports 26 agencies with 170 projects in WellSky, a management information system used to share information among service providers on services provided to at -risk, homeless, or near homeless clients. • Lane County reported that 2,753 unduplicated individuals who were homeless received human services from one or more agencies in fiscal year 2018. • The three public school districts in Eugene and Springfield report 1,629 homeless youth during 2019, and this definition includes students who are staying with friends or family. The definition of homeless for purposes of the Plan includes people who are "doubled -up". 2020 Consolidated Plan 12 Eugene and Springfield, OR