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APPENDIX G

Households in Assisted Housing, By Percent of Median Income, 1981
Percent of Median Income Households Served by Housing Programs Proportion of Households Served, by Income Group Total Households
0-10 percent 71,100 6% 1,185,000
10-30 percent 1,570,920 26% 6,042,000
30-50 percent 851,840 11% 7,774,000
TOTAL 2,493,860 17% 14,971,000
Source: Estimates provided by Paul Burke, "Trends in Subsidized Housing: 1974-1981." Washington, D.C.: Department of Housing and Urban Development, Division of Housing and Demographic Analysis, Office of Economic Affairs, March 1984.

APPENDIX H

Income of Households Residing in Assisted Housing, by Program
1979 (in 1983 dollars) 1986 (by family unit)
Rent Supplement $ 5,901 NA
Public Housing 7,765 $5,790
Elderly NA 4,800
Non-elderly NA 8,600
Section 8 6,856 NA
Existing NA 6,000
New Construction NA 6,400
Section 236 9,264 NA
Section 235 18,539 NA
Source: 1979 data as reported in the HUD Statistical Yearbook converted to 1983 dollars. 1986 data reported in unpublished 1986 Budget Estimates are projections based on 1985 data; estimates do not include elderly tenants in Section 8 units.