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State Data Overview
Across Arizona, there is a shortage of rental homes affordable and available to extremely low income households (ELI), whose incomes are at or below the poverty guideline or 30% of their area median income (AMI). Many of these households are severely cost burdened, spending more than half of their income on housing. Severely cost burdened poor households are more likely than other renters to sacrifice other necessities like healthy food and healthcare to pay the rent, and to experience unstable housing situations like evictions.
Housing Profiles
Arizona
Key Facts
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176,206 OR 18%
Renter households that are extremely low-income
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130,552
Shortage of rental homes affordable and available for extremely low-income renters
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$30,300
Average income limit for 4-person extremely low income household
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$68,366
Annual household income needed to afford a two-bedroom rental home at HUD's Fair Market Rent (FMR)
Impact on Low-Wage Workers
A minimum wage worker would need to work:
- 73 hours per week or 1.8 full-time jobs to afford a 1-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
- 87 hours per week or 2.2 full-time jobs to afford a 2-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
Most Expensive Areas 2-Bedroom Housing Wage Flagstaff MSA $36.94 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler MSA $35.37 Prescott Valley-Prescott MSA $31.48 Gila County $28.44 Tucson MSA $26.96 Common Occupations Median Hourly Wage Home Health and Personal Care Aides $18.00 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners $17.91 Retail Salespersons $17.66 Fast Food and Counter Workers $16.92 Solutions
- Provide significant resources to build and preserve homes affordable to renters with the lowest incomes through investments in public housing and the national Housing Trust Fund
- Encourage states and local communities to reform zoning and land use regulations that prevent housing from being built and push up housing costs
- Bridge the gap between incomes and housing costs by expanding rental assistance so that it is universally available to all eligible households or consider other innovative approaches, such as a fully refundable renters’ tax credit
- Prevent evictions and homelessness by creating permanent tools, such as emergency rental assistance, to help stabilize families in crisis
- Other federal housing resources, including the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, should be reformed to better address the shortage of rental housing affordable to the lowest-income households.
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State Level Partners
NLIHC Housing Advocacy Organizer
Kenza Idrissi Janati
State PartnersArizona Housing Coalition
1495 E Osborn Rd
Phoenix, AZ 85014
P 602-340-9393 ext. 105
https://www.azhousingcoalition.orgNicole Newhouse
Executive Director
[email protected]Become an NLIHC State Partner
NLIHC’s affiliation with our state coalition partners is central to our advocacy efforts. Although our partners' involvement varies, they are all housing and homeless advocacy organizations engaged at the state and federal level. Many are traditional coalitions with a range of members; others are local organizations that serve more informally as NLIHC's point of contact.
Inquire about becoming a state partner by contacting [email protected]
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Housing Trust FundHTF Implementation Information
NLIHC continues working with leaders in each state and the District of Columbia who will mobilize advocates in support of HTF allocation plans that benefit ELI renters to the greatest extent possible. Please contact the point person coordinating with NLIHC in your state (below) to find out about the public participation process and how you can be involved.
Current Year HTF Allocation$11,533,111
HTF State Resources2023
2023-2024 Notice of Funding Availability, June 2, 2023 (PDF)
2022-2023 Notice of Funding Availability, July 29, 2022 (PDF)
2022
2022-2023 Action Plan, HTF-specific pages 64-68 (PDF)
2022-2023 Notice of Funding Availability, July 29, 2022 (PDF)
2021-2022 Notice of Funding Availability, January 18, 2022 (PDF)
2021
Draft 2021-2022 Action Plan, HTF-specific pages 62-66 (PDF)
2020-2021 Notice of Funding Availability, September 24, 2021 (PDF)
2020-2021 Notice of Funding Availability, July 15, 2021 (PDF)
2020
2020 Action Plan, HTF-specific on pages 70-76 (PDF)
Presentation of HTF Available for 2020 (PDF)
Draft 2020-2024 ConPlan and 2020 Annual Action Plan with HTF Allocation Plan on page 161 (PDF)
2019
2019-2020 Action Plan, HTF-specific on pages 103-109 (PDF)
Draft 2018-2019 HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Announcement of Supportive Housing for Homeless NOFA (PDF)
Supportive Housing for Homeless NOFA (PDF)
2018
Draft 2018-2019 HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
2017
2017-2018 NHTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Permanent Supportive Housing NOFA (PDF)
2016
HUD-approved 2016 Allocation Plan (PDF)
Amended Permanent Supportive Housing NOFA, redlined (PDF)
Amended Form 2 Self Score Sheet, redlined (Ecxel)
Final HTF Allocation Plan by Arizona Department of Housing dated May 15, 2016 (PDF)
Minutes from March 8th public hearing (PDF)
Initial draft HTF Allocation Plan by Arizona Department of Housing on March 22, 2016 (PDF)
State Designated EntityState Entity Webpage
Arizona Department of HousingOfficial Directly Involved with HTF ImplementationKeon Montgomery
Assistant Deputy Director of Housing & Community Development
602-771-1209
[email protected]Melanie Brewer
Rental Programs Administrator
602.771-1031
[email protected]NHTF-specific Pages
Rental Development
State Housing Fund (SHF) Rental Development Programs
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ResourcesResources
Housing Profiles
State Housing Profile
State Housing Profile: Arizona (PDF)
Congressional District Housing Profile
Congressional District Profile: Arizona (PDF)
Research and Data
National Housing Preservation Database
The National Housing Preservation Database is an address-level inventory of federally assisted rental housing in the United States.
Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing
Out of Reach documents the gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing. In Arizona and Nationwide
The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes
The Gap represents data on the affordable housing supply and housing cost burdens at the national, state, and metropolitan levels. In Arizona and Nationwide
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