Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Subject: [C-L]_Median Income & Affordable Housing

[Ayala Sherbow (asherbow]

> Subject: [C-L]_Median Income & Affordable Housing
> Reply-To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
>

This is only a moderately informed contribution to this discussion but I
thought folks might be interested in the following stats.  [I say only
moderately-informed because I know the following numbers are correct,
but I don't understand the general conversation (or statistics
themselves) well enough to comment about the overall meaning of this]

According to HUD for 2003 in the Washington DC Metro area the median
family income is $84,800.  For for the purposes of Community Development
Block Grants, the following families count as "low-income":

- families of 5 with an income of $61,000
- families of 4 with an income of $56,500
- families of 3 with an income of $50,850
- Families of 2 - $45,200
- families of 1 - $39,550.

"Very Low Income"

- families of 5 with an income of $47,000
- families of 4 with an income of $43,500
- families of 3 with an income of $39,150
- Families of 2 - $34,800
- families of 1 - $30,450.

Ayala
Currently Takoma Park, MD
Future resident of Proximity Cohousing, VA


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