Photo: Karen Paulter
							More than 329,000 elderly households in the state need housing assistance. Source: 1996 State Low Income Housing Plan, Texas Dept. of Housing & Community Affairs, p. 2-7.
							This elderly homeowner from rural central Texas lives in a home that needs repairs. She would like help to make her home more livable.
		Over 110,000 low-income elderly households in Texas face worst case housing situations. They have little prospect of improving their income to afford decent housing. Source: 1996 State Low Income Housing Plan, Texas Dept. of Housing & Community Affairs, p. 2-7.
		148,682 elderly households in Texas have an annual income of less than $5,000. Source: 1996 State Low Income Housing Plan, Texas Dept. of Housing & Community Affairs, p. 3-7.				Photo: Patricia Moore
		(right) Elderly veteran lives in an abandoned garage in Houston.
		Photo: Alan Pogue
						The availability of Medicaid and the lack of housing assistance cause many Texas elderly to enter nursing homes prematurely. Monthly nursing home costs average $1,708. Source: Calculated from the 1996 State Low Income Housing Plan, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, p. 3-6.
						(left) Ninety year old Austin homeowner who lives on a small fixed income.