Proportion of Cost Burdened Florida Renters Rising Since 2000

         Percentage of Renters Cost Burdened* by Income Group, in Florida                    0-30% of AMI        31%-50% of AMI        51%-60% of AMI 2000            65%                     55%                          27% 2005            71%                     71%                          45% 2011            72%                     77%                          55%

*The Shimberg Center defines cost burdened renters as households paying over 40% of income towards rent.

Source: Shimberg Center for Housing Studies. (April 2013). 2013 Rental Market Study: Affordable Housing Needs. Retrieved from: www.shimberg.ufl.edu/publications/Full_RMS_Needs.pdf