Housing Assistance and Rent Burdens After DHAP-Katrina

                                                               Assisted                           Unassisted                                                        Households in 2011  Households in 2011 Average monthly rent/mortgage              $267                                   $587** Average monthly utility costs                  $271                                   $250Average gross rent/mortgage                  $538                                   $837** Rent Burden0-30% of income                                       73%                                     49%**31-50% of income                                     17%                                     30%**>50% of income                                         11%                                     22%** Rent and utility (i.e., gross rent) burden0-30% of income                                       19%                                      31%**31-50% of income                                     34%                                      30%**>50% of income                                         47%                                      40%** **Indicates significant difference between assisted and unassisted households at 5% significance level. Assisted households are those that received assistance from HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs. Source: Buron, Larry and Gretchen Locke. (2013). Study of Household Transition from the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP-Katrina): Final Report. [Report prepared for HUD by Abt Associates]. Excerpts from Exhibit 6-6. Housing Costs by Housing Assistance Status. Retrieved from:  http://www.huduser.org/portal/publications/destech/DHAP.html