Current Production of New Rental Units
Definitions
Households whose incomes do not exceed 30 percent of the LA County area median income in 2023 (e.g. for a household with 3 people, the household income is no more than $34,100).
Households making between 30 and 50 percent of the LA County area median income in 2023 (e.g. for a household with 3 people, the household income is between $34,100 and $56,750)
Households making between 50 and 80 percent of the LA County area median income in 2023 (e.g. for a household with 3 people, the household income is between $56,750 and $90,850)
Households making between 80 and 120 percent of the LA County area median income in 2023 (e.g. for a household with 3 people, the household income is between $90,850 and $106,050)
Households making more than 120 percent of the LA County area median income in 2023 (e.g. for a household with 3 people, the household income is $106,050 or greater)
Source
Certificates of Occupancy from Housing Element Annual Progress Reports, compiled by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)
Severely Rent Burdened Households
Definitions
The share of households paying more than half of income on rent and utilities.
Severe rent burden measures an extreme lack of housing affordability. It is well above the standard federal affordability threshold that states households should have to spend no more than 30% of income on housing costs.
Households whose incomes do not exceed 30 percent of the LA County area median income in 2023 (e.g. for a household with 3 people, the household income is no more than $34,100).
Households making between 30 and 50 percent of the LA County area median income in 2023 (e.g. for a household with 3 people, the household income is between $34,100 and $56,750).
Households making between 50 and 80 percent of the LA County area median income in 2023 (e.g. for a household with 3 people, the household income is between $56,750 and $90,850).
Households making between 80 and 120 percent of the LA County area median income in 2023 (e.g. for a household with 3 people, the household income is between $90,850 and $106,050).
Source
2023 American Community Survey 1-year estimates
Notes
Demographic characteristics like race/ethnicity, immigrant status, veteran status, and age refer to the head of the household who filled out the survey.
Area median incomes are released each year by the California Department of Housing and Community Development. See the 2023 income limits here: https://www.hcd.ca.gov/sites/default/files/docs/grants-and-funding/income-limits-2023.pdf.
Shortfall of Affordable Housing Units
Definitions
A unit is considered AFFORDABLE if the household pays no more than the the share of income you’ve selected on the right on their housing.
A unit is considered AVAILABLE if it is:
(1) vacant and for rent OR
(2) occupied by a household at below the income levels of you’ve selected. In other words, the housing unit is NOT being “taken” by a higher income household despite the fact that it’s affordable to a household at a lower income level.
If you’ve selected “Overcrowding Included” or “Severe Overcrowding Included”: a housing unit will not be considered “affordable and available” if the household living in it is overcrowded (even if all of the other affordable and available criteria described above are met.
- Overcrowding is defined as having more than one person per room of the housing unit, excluding kitchens and bathrooms.
- Severe Overcrowding is defined as having more than 1.5 people per room of the housing unit, excluding kitchens and bathrooms.
Households whose incomes do not exceed 30 percent of the LA County area median income in 2023 (e.g. for a household with 3 people, the household income is no more than $34,100).
Households making between 30 and 50 percent of the LA County area median income in 2023 (e.g. for a household with 3 people, the household income is between $34,100 and $56,750).
Households making between 50 and 80 percent of the LA County area median income in 2023 (e.g. for a household with 3 people, the household income is between $56,750 and $90,850).
Households making between 80 and 120 percent of the LA County area median income in 2023 (e.g. for a household with 3 people, the household income is between $90,850 and $106,050).
Source
2023 American Community Estimates accessed via IPUMS
2023 Greater Los Angeles Point in Time Count (Countywide Estimates)
2022 Greater Los Angeles Point in Time Count (City-Level Estimates)
Notes
For city-level estimates, a count of unhoused households is replaced with a count of unhoused people.
