CONSOLIDATED PLAN & STRATEGY 5-YEAR ... - City of Lakeland

Lakeland 1,182 3.5 208 0.6 250 0.6 116 0.3
Disproportionately Greater Housing Problems
Using CHAS Data 2000, the following considers the housing needs for all households
in comparison to the household by race in Lakeland. Also considered are the housing
needs of Hispanic households in comparison to all households. The review serves to
consider disproportionately greater need. As defined by HUD, a disproportionately
greater need among any racial or ethnic group has housing problems at least 10
points higher than the percentage of persons in that category as a whole.
There are 13,401 renter households and 20,013 owner households with incomes at
or below 80% of AMI. The following table compares the percentage of households
with housing problems for White non-Hispanic, Black non-Hispanic and Hispanic
households. CHAS did not contain complete information on other races.
Households
at
0-80% of
MFI
Household Income by Race and Ethnicity, 2000
Small Families
All
Elderly
(2-4 related)
%
w/Hsg
Problem
%
w/Hsg
Problem
%
w/Hsg
Problem
Large Families
(5 or more related)
%
w/Hsg
Problem
Renters 13,401 39.1% 4,650 34.7% 2,171 16.2% 753 16.2%
White
Non-Hispanic
2,361 72.8% 1,700 72.0% 1,379 58.4% 993 58.4%
Black
Non-Hispanic
1,929 81.6% 1,476 76.5% 588 30.5% 450 30.5%
Hispanic 2,720 43.4% 1,020 37.5% 114 4.2% 43 4.2%
Owners 20,013 21.8% 4,103 20.5% 1,701 8.5% 349 8.5%
White
Non-Hispanic
1,392 74.5% 1,029 73.9% 814 58.5% 602 58.5%
Black
Non-Hispanic
1,656 60.6% 982 59.3% 489 29.5% 290 29.5%
Hispanic 3,186 33.3% 1,016 31.9% 258 8.1% 82 8.1%
TOTAL 33,414 28.7% 18,445 55.2% 8,253 24.7% 4,556 24.7%
Source: 2000 HUD Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy data (CHAS)
The majority of the Black population is in the extremely low, very low and low
income categories in comparison to white and other races. There are a small
number of Hispanic households in Lakeland (5,000 persons) which shows over 50%
are moderate incomes.
The majority of the Black population is concentrated in the northwest neighborhoods
of the City. A growing concentration of Hispanic residents is also now evident in a
few neighborhoods, particularly Robson and near County Line Road.
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