Adopted 2014-2021 Housing Element - Garden Grove

Housing Element Needs AssessmentTable 28: Summary of Existing Housing NeedOverpaying Households 2000 Special Needs Group 2000Renter 56% Elderly Households 8,785Owner 41% Disabled Persons 10%Developmentally Disabled Persons 1%-3%Overpaying Households by Income: Large Households 29%Extremely Low Income (0-30% AMI) 80% Female Headed Households 16%Very Low Income (31-50% AMI) 71% Female Headed Households with Children 7%Low Income (51-80% AMI) 53% Farmworkers 229Overcrowding 2000RenterHomeless 46024% Units At-RiskOwner 11% Units At-Risk 528Total 16%Source: Census 2010, Census 2010 ACS5-Year Estimates, HUD Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS),2005-2009Note: Percentages represent percent of the total population.CHAS data, developed by the Census for HUD, provides detailed information on housing needs(e.g., housing cost burden) by income level for different types of households in Garden Grove.Table 29 shows the percentage of households who experience cost burden and other “housingproblems”. For the CHAS data, HUD defines housing problems to include:• Units with physical defects (lacking complete kitchen or bathroom)• Households living in overcrowded conditions (housing units with more than one person perroom)• Households experiencing housing cost burden, including utilities, exceeding 30% of grossincome• Households experiencing severe housing cost burden, including utilities, exceeding 50% ofgross incomeSpecific households in Garden Grove had disproportionate housing needs. In general, renterhouseholdshad a higher level of housing problems (67%) compared to owner households (55%).Among elderly renter-households in the City, 71% experienced one or more housing problems.Most large renter families (86%) experienced one or more housing problems, the highest rateamong all other groups.2014-2021 Housing Element 34 City of Garden Grove