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Housing Cost Burden by Income Group

Renter households spending more than 30% of their income on housing costs and utilities are cost burdened; those spending more than half of their income are severely cost burdened.

Affordable and Available Homes per 100 Renter Households

All Gap Data for Connecticut

Connecticut Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 128,178 44,287
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 49,006 16,129
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -79,172 -28,158
At or below 50% AMI -84,050 -26,537
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 38 36
At or below 50% AMI 62 66
At or below 80% AMI 102 104
At or below 100% AMI 107 107
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 82% 84%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 74% 75%
51% to 80% AMI 36% 31%
81 to 100% AMI 16% 13%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 67% 71%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 28% 26%
51% to 80% AMI 6% 4%
81 to 100% AMI 1% 3%
AMI = Area Median Income.
Source: American Community Survey (ACS) and ACS Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS). For more information on the estimates’ margin of error, please contact aaurand@nlihc.org.