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at <br />n City of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 10 <br />Anal sis of Im edi T is to Fair Housin Choice <br />Family status within the City of Cuyahoga Falls is shown in Table 9.8 This table indicates <br />family households type. It shows that within the City of Cuyahoga Falls that 48.3% consist <br />of married couples without children under the age of eighteen (18) and that 38.5% of these <br />have children under the age of eighteen (18). It also indicates that there are 10.1 % Female <br />head of households and 5.7% are Female head of households with children under the age <br />of eighteen (18). 9 <br />Table 9: Household Type within the Cit of Cu aho a Falls, 2000 <br />�n 1 House- family Non- Married Married Female Female <br />I holds House- Family Couple With Headed ' With <br />I I < <br />holds.- House- Family CH 18 House - CH <18 <br />l hold hold <br />} <br />City of # <br />Cuyahoga 1 21,655 13,307 8,348 10,467 4,271 2,187 j 1,243 <br />I Falls I _ <br />�% of Total 100% 61.5% 48.3% 19.7% 10.1% ( 5.7% <br />i Households 38.5% �5 <br />Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Table DP-1 Profile of General Demographic Characteristics(SF2) <br />The importance of this data is threefold - 1, Female head of households with children are <br />the fastest growing poverty population; 2, the impact that this population can have on the <br />need for affordable housing and; 3, single head of households with children tend to face <br />a higher percentage of housing discrimination complaints. <br />According to the Interagency Council on the Homeless, approximately 20 -25% of the <br />homeless are families with children. Single parents, usually female, head most homeless <br />families.10 <br />Also, data from the Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change indicates that between <br />1989 (1990 reported) and 1999 (2000 reported) there has been a 12.3% decrease in <br />poverty among families with a female -head, no husband present and related children. <br />However, Harvard Professor Richard B. Freeman contends that "the impact of the recent <br />upswing in unemployment is cause for concern." He states that "the loss of full <br />employment —a return of unemployment to the mid- 1990's national rate of 6 % ... will increase <br />poverty substantively. Despite the welcome gains made by female- headed families with <br />8 The table does not include information for non - family households which include persons who <br />live alone; don't live alone [but not married]; non - relatives that live together and persons that <br />live in institutions or other group quarters <br />9 U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 (SF1) Table P19 by Census Tract <br />10 City of Cuyahoga Falls Consolidated Plan, 2004 -2008, p.IX:34 <br />