St. Joseph Community Partnership Fund

11 57% 53% 55% 63% 56% 50% 55% 60% 65% Expanding affordable housing is critical to equitable growth Orange County residents face a housing crisis. Orange County ranks 12 th in rent-burdened households (defined as those that spend more than 30 percent of their household income on housing costs) among the 150 largest regions. Orange County has a slightly lower level of rent burden (57 percent) than Los Angeles County and the Riverside metro area (both at 59 percent), and a slightly higher level than the San Diego metro area (56 percent). Throughout the county there are neighborhoods with rent burden rates of 68 percent or higher but there are particular concentrations in neighborhoods in Anaheim, Santa Ana, Fullerton, and Garden Grove. Latino households are the most likely to spend a large share of their income on housing, whether they rent or own. In 2016, Black households and Latino immigrant households had the lowest homeownership rates at 32 percent and 34 percent, respectively. In contrast, white and API households had homeownership rates of 60 percent and higher. Most low-wage workers in the region are not likely to find affordable rental housing. In Orange County, 23 percent of jobs are low-wage (paying $1,250 per month or less) and only 6 percent of rental units are affordable (defined as having rent of $749 per month or less, which would be 30 percent or less of two low-wage workers' incomes). The growing affordability crisis is creating unstable housing for many in California and Orange County. According to 2017 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) data, there were an estimated 4,792 people experiencing homelessness and 1,265 of them were in families with children. People of color make up a majority of the population experiencing homelessness (56 percent) in the county. The Black population is by far the most disproportionately affected by homelessness, making up only 2 percent of the total population in 2017 but 13 percent of the homeless population. A recent 2018 homeless population count in 13 north county cities found 1,837 people experiencing homelessness, a number higher than HUD's estimate. Of the 13 cities, nine had a larger number of homeless people than previously estimated. This report also showed that about 80 percent were unsheltered. 4 Latino households are the most rent-burdened Household Rent Burden by Race/Ethnicity, 2016 Homeowner Housing-Cost Burden by Race/Ethnicity, 2016 Source: Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Universe includes renter-occupied households with cash rent (excludes group quarters). Note: Data represent a 2012 through 2016 average. Source: Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Universe includes owner-occupied households (excludes group quarters). Note: Data represent a 2012 through 2016 average. 34% 32% 38% 40% 35% 36% 30% 35% 40% 45% All White Black Latino Asian or Pacific Islander Mixed/other All White Black Latino Asian or Pacific Islander Mixed/other

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