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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 Maine

Maine
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 41,839
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 21,753
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -20,086
At or below 50% AMI -13,578
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 52
At or below 50% AMI 79
At or below 80% AMI 106
At or below 100% AMI 106
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 75%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 64%
51% to 80% AMI 30%
81 to 100% AMI 7%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 53%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 16%
51% to 80% AMI 4%
81 to 100% AMI 0%
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.