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6.3.A. - Page 36 <br />5. Crowding (More than one person per room) <br />Owner <br />Total 0- >30- >50- >80- Total <br />30% 50% 80% 100% <br />AMI AMI AMI AMI <br />households <br />Renter <br />0- <br />>30- <br />>50- <br />>80- <br />30% <br />50% <br />80% <br />100% <br />AMI <br />AMI <br />AMI <br />AMI <br />NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS <br />Single family <br />Owner <br />Total 0- >30- >50- >80- Total <br />30% 50% 80% 100% <br />AMI AMI AMI AMI <br />households <br />850 <br />670 <br />420 <br />45 <br />1,985 0 <br />20 <br />80 <br />4 <br />104 <br />Multiple, <br />unrelated family <br />households <br />10 <br />85 <br />135 <br />0 <br />230 0 <br />100 <br />35 <br />0 <br />135 <br />Other, non -family <br />households <br />90 <br />20 <br />0 <br />0 <br />110 0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />Total need by <br />950 <br />775 <br />555 <br />45 <br />2,325 0 <br />120 <br />115 <br />4 <br />239 <br />income <br />Table <br />11— Crowding Information — 1/2 <br />Data 2007-2011 CHAS <br />Source: <br />Overcrowded Households <br />Overcrowding occurs when the relatively high cost of housing either forces a household to double -up <br />with another household or live in a smaller housing unit in order to be able to afford food and other <br />basic needs. An overcrowded household is defined as one with more than one person per room, <br />excluding bathrooms, kitchens, hallways, and porches. Severely overcrowded households are <br />households with more than 1.5 persons per room. Overcrowding also tends to result in increased traffic, <br />accelerated deterioration of homes and infrastructure, and crowded on -street parking conditions. <br />Redwood City has a slightly higher numbers of overcrowded rental homes than elsewhere in the county. <br />Almost 13 percent of rental homes are overcrowded and almost 10 percent are extremely overcrowded. <br />Just over one percent of owner -occupied homes are overcrowded or extremely overcrowded. Rates of <br />overcrowding are closely linked to instances of overpayment and affordability. The prevalence of <br />overcrowding indicates the housing needs of large households is a major concern in Redwood City and <br />will continue to be in the near future. <br />The table above indicates that lower-income renters represent 95% of single-family households that are <br />overcrowded. In fact, there are fewer than 240 owner households earning less than 100% of median <br />that can be considered overcrowded. <br />Consolidated Plan REDWOOD CITY 33 <br />OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 07/31/2015) <br />