Housing Cost Burden HUD defines a disproportionately greater housing need as when a household experiences housing problems at a rate greater than for the income level as a whole. The map below was created in CPD Maps (ESRI) based on 2007-2011 CHAS data. The data is based on households experiencing housing problems by HUD Adjusted Median Family Income (AMI) levels. Housing problems include: Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities and/or complete plumbing facilities Overcrowding (more than one person per room) Cost burden greater than 30% According to data from the map, Census Tracts 1002.07 and 1001.02 contain the largest number of households with housing cost burden in Bensalem Township, ranging from 44.93% to 72.96% of the households paying more than 30% of their income on housing costs, resulting in a housing cost burden. These two census tracts also contain designated LMI block groups. Severe Housing Cost Burden: Extremely Low-Income Households Similar to the definition above, severe housing cost burden is the point when extremely households spend more than 50% of their gross income on housing costs. According to data from the map, Census Tracts 1001.02, 1002.06, 1002.08, and 1002.10, contain the largest number of households with severe housing cost burden for extremely low-income households in Bensalem Township, with 87.76% of extremely low-households paying more than 50% of their income on housing costs in these four areas, resulting in severe housing cost burden.
Housing Cost Burden HUD defines a disproportionately greater housing need as when a household experiences housing problems at a rate greater than for the income level as a whole. The map below was created in CPD Maps (ESRI) based on 2007-2011 CHAS data. The data is based on households experiencing housing problems by HUD Adjusted Median Family Income (AMI) levels. Housing problems include: Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities and/or complete plumbing facilities Overcrowding (more than one person per room) Cost burden greater than 30% According to data from the map, Census Tracts 1002.07 and 1001.02 contain the largest number of households with housing cost burden in Bensalem Township, ranging from 44.93% to 72.96% of the households paying more than 30% of their income on housing costs, resulting in a housing cost burden. These two census tracts also contain designated LMI block groups. Severe Housing Cost Burden: Extremely Low-Income Households Similar to the definition above, severe housing cost burden is the point when extremely households spend more than 50% of their gross income on housing costs. According to data from the map, Census Tracts 1001.02, 1002.06, 1002.08, and 1002.10, contain the largest number of households with severe housing cost burden for extremely low-income households in Bensalem Township, with 87.76% of extremely low-households paying more than 50% of their income on housing costs in these four areas, resulting in severe housing cost burden.
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