General Plan Update - City of Inglewood

Chapter 2 Community Development
2. An increase in the number of large families who are “doubling-up” caused by the lack
of available, affordable housing units. “Doubling-up” refers to two (or more) families
residing in a unit designed for a single family.
Table 2.2-9
Overcrowding
1990 2000 Change % Change
City of Inglewood
1.00 or less occupants per room 27,841 26,546 (1,295) -4.7%
1.01 to 1.50 occupants per room 2,871 3,366 495 17.2%
1.51 or more occupants per room 5,390 6,905 1,515 28.1%
Total Units 36,102 36,817 715 2.0%
Overcrowding Units % of Total 22.9% 27.9%
Los Angeles County
1.00 or less occupants per room 2,433,804 2,413,405 (20,399) -0.8%
1.01 to 1.50 occupants per room 207,528 249,094 41,566 20.0%
1.51 or more occupants per room 348,220 471,275 123,055 35.3%
Total Units 2,989,552 3,133,774 144,222 4.8%
Overcrowded Units % of Total 18.6% 23.0%
SOURCES: Stanley R. Hoffman Associates, Inc., U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 and 2000
More than 1.0 occupants per room is defined as an overcrowded condition
Based on the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Needs Statement
(1999), the 2000 Housing Element reported an apparent correlation between Census tracts
having higher populations of Hispanic residents (who have the highest populations-perhousehold)
and Census tracts with the highest percentage of overcrowded units. The Hispanic
population has increased substantially since 1990, and the incidence of overcrowding has had
a corresponding increase.
Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA)
Every five to seven years, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)
produces the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) for southern California. The
purpose of the RHNA is to evaluate current housing data and to forecast future housing
needs for all the municipal and county jurisdictions in the area. The intent of RHNA is to
balance the distribution of various income-level households among the jurisdictions and
specifically to avoid the impact of certain communities with a disproportionately large share of
low income households. The RHNA is not a mandate to construct the full number of housing
units assigned to the City.
The 1998–2005 RHNA allocation determined that Inglewood needs to provide a total of 852
new housing units, as shown in Table 2.2-30. Of these units, 534 must be affordable to low,
very low and moderate income households in order to satisfy the City’s share of regional
housing needs. This would constitute almost 62 percent of future housing needs during this
period.
2.2-8
City of Inglewood General Plan Update Technical Background Report