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