EBR’s Housing and Community Needs
Data Highlights
- 53.8% of renters are housing cost burdened
- HUD-dedicated affordable housing units are, on average, built in neighborhoods where 40% of the population is below the federal poverty line.
- 46% of homes in EBRP were built before 1970.
- 5,700+ properties in EBRP are blighted, adjudicated, or need significant repair.
- 80% of very low-income renters are housing cost-burdened.
- Housing is the #1 call into 211