Louisiana

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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 Louisiana

Louisiana New Orleans-Metairie, LA
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 198,234 54,402
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 87,620 14,653
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -110,614 -39,749
At or below 50% AMI -116,825 -46,889
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 44 27
At or below 50% AMI 58 41
At or below 80% AMI 101 96
At or below 100% AMI 107 107
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 86% 91%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 73% 85%
51% to 80% AMI 46% 59%
81 to 100% AMI 20% 23%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 68% 78%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 31% 40%
51% to 80% AMI 6% 9%
81 to 100% AMI 2% 4%
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.