Affordability:
		10,220 (51%) of poverty level households in El Paso pay more than half of their income for housing. Source: El Paso Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy, 1993. The typical rent for a 2 bedroom apartment in El Paso is $527. Source: US Department of Housing and Urban Development. A full time El Paso wage earner would have to earn $10.13 per hour to afford a typical two bedroom apartment. Source: Calculated by TxLIHIS from HUD 1999 Fair Market Rents, 24 CFR Part 886. 47% of El Paso renter households are unable to afford the rent for a modest two bedroom apartment. Source: Out of Reach, National Low Income Housing Coalition, October, 1998 (For more information on the methodology used to calculate affordability visit our Web site )
		Housing Shortage
		There are 25,000 more very low-income renter households in the city of El Paso than here are low cost rental housing units. Source: El Paso Consolidated Plan, 1998. Approximately 38% of El Paso’s poor renters live in government subsidized housing. Source: Estimated by TxLIHIS from data in El Paso Consolidated Plan, 1998.
		Substandard Housing
		7% of El Paso households live in overcrowded housing. This is 1.75 times greater than the national average for overcrowding. Source: El Paso Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy, 1993, and www.census.gov/hhes/housing/census/crowding.html 10,922 poor renter households in the city of El Paso experience at least one housing problem, be it inability to afford housing, substandard, or overcrowded conditions. Source: El Paso Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy, 1993.