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14 <br /> 1 • Staff used 2021 LHA program data to calculate the percentage of potential participants <br /> 2 with the County portion of their tax bills in excess of double the max assistance <br /> 3 proposed. <br /> 4 • For households at 61-80% AMI, all 2021 LHA participants at 61-80% AMI had tax bills in <br /> 5 excess of $1,000 (double the max assistance of $500); liability for this group was <br /> 6 calculated by simply multiplying the number of households (3,181) by the max <br /> 7 assistance ($500) _ $1,590,716 <br /> 8 • For households at 31-60% AMI, 67% of the 2021 LHA participants at 31-60% AMI had <br /> 9 tax bills in excess of $1,500 (double the max assistance of $750); liability for this group <br /> 10 was calculated by multiplying the number of households (3,622) by 67% times the max <br /> 11 assistance ($750) and then adding this to the remainder of the group, the number of <br /> 12 households (3,622) times 33% times half of the average tax bill for the 2021 LHA <br /> 13 participants at 31-60% AMI that did not have tax bills over $1,500 — this average is <br /> 14 $1,007 = $2,418,645 <br /> 15 For households at 30% AMI and under, 5% of the 2021 LHA participants at 30% AMI <br /> 16 and under had tax bills in excess of $2,000 (double the max assistance of $1,000); <br /> 17 liability for this group was calculated by multiplying the number of households (3,241) by <br /> 18 5% times the max assistance ($1,000) and then adding this to the remainder of the <br /> 19 group, the number of households (3,241) times 95% time half of the average tax bill for <br /> 20 the 2021 LHA participants at 30% AMI and under that did not have tax bills over $2,000 <br /> 21 —this average is $1083 = $1,831,465 <br /> 22 • The total liability using these calculations is $5,840,825 <br /> 23 • Program costs decrease as participation decreases <br /> Total Liability <br /> (100% 25% 50% 75% <br /> Income level participation) participation participation participation <br /> 61-80%AMI $ 1,590,716 $ 397,679 $ 795,358 $ 1,193,037 <br /> 31-60%AMI $ 2,418,645 $ 604,661 $ 1,209,322 $ 1,813,983 <br /> 30%AMI and under $ 1,831,465 $ 457,866 $ 915,733 $ 1,373,599 <br /> TOTAL <br /> TOTAL 80%AMI and below $ 5,840,825 $ 1,460,206 $ 2,920,413 $ 4,380,619 <br /> 24 <br /> 25 <br /> 26 Bonnie Hammersley, County Manager, made the following presentation: <br /> 27 <br /> 28 <br />