Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Median Income & Affordable Housing

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On 4/02/2003 10:52 PM, "Diane Simpson" <coho [at] theworld.com> wrote:

> for a total of 64.1% of the population fitting into a 2-bedroom or
> smaller unit (just under 2/3 of the population.)
> 
> 
> On Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at 11:56 AM, Sharon Villines wrote:
> 
>> If we assume that a "family" of four needs at least two bedrooms and
>> would
>> be most comfortable with three, cohousing as it is being built would
>> not be
>> within reach of probably two-thirds of the American population.

My comment was not made in terms of how many households will fit into a two
bedroom unit but how many households can afford a unit that costs more than
$80,000. I'm not sure how many households with two children would be happy
with only two bedrooms either.

Thanks to Jan for clearing up the median, mode, and means bit. I'm still
looking for a source on the modal income.

Sharon
-- 
Sharon Villines, Washington DC
Where all roads lead to Casablanca



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