Texas Congressional District Data Profile TX-36

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Key Facts

  • 17,693 OR 19%

    Renter households that are extremely low-income

  • -12,471

    Shortage of rental homes affordable and available for extremely low-income renters

  • $29,479

    30% of area median income

  • $57,641

    Annual household income needed to afford a two-bedroom rental home at HUD's Fair Market Rent (FMR)

  • $1,441

    is the average Fair Market Rent (FMR) for a two-bedroom rental home in this district. It is $1,206 for a one-bedroom rental home.

  • $737

    is the monthly rent a household at 30% of the area median income (AMI) can afford in this district. A household at 50% AMI can afford a monthly rent of $1,228.

  • $4,803

    is what a household in this district must earn monthly to afford the average two-bedroom FMR — without paying more than 30% of their income on housing. This translates to an annual income of $57,641. A household must earn $4,021 monthly or $48,254 annually to afford a one-bedroom home at FMR.

  • $27.71

    is the two-bedroom Housing Wage in this district. It is the hourly wage a worker must earn – assuming a 40-hour work week for 52 weeks per year – to afford a two-bedroom rental home. The one-bedroom Housing Wage is $23.20.

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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