Affordable Housing Stat #2

There is a severe shortage of housing for extremely low-income renters 

(under 30 percent of AMI*)

• In 2001, there were only 78 units affordable for every 100 extremely low-income renters. 
• However, many of the 6.7 million units “affordable” to households at 30 percent of AMI were occupied by higher income renters. 
• Because of this, there were only 42 units both affordable and available for every 100 extremely low- income renters. This represents a deficit of 4.9 million units nationwide.

* AMI or Area Median Income