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39 <br /> NA-25 Disproportionately Greater Need: Housing Cost Burdens - 91.405, 91.205 <br /> (b)(2) <br /> Introduction <br /> This section evaluates whether any racial/ethnic group is disproportionately housing cost burdened. We <br /> define a disproportionate burden as a racial/ethnic group having a rate of housing cost burden that is <br /> more than ten percentage points greater than the rate for Orange County as a whole. Households with <br /> no or negative income are excluded from this analysis. <br /> Across Orange County as a whole, approximately 31.8%of households are cost burdened—meaning that <br /> they spend more than 30%of their income toward housing. None of the largest racial/ethnic groups in <br /> the county are disproportionately cost-burdened using the definition described above, though Native <br /> American and Alaska Native households are disproportionately more likely to be paying over 50%of <br /> their income toward rent—though the actual number of these families is small. <br /> Housing Cost Burden <br /> Housing Cost Burden <=30% 30-50% >50% No/negative <br /> income(not <br /> computed) <br /> Jurisdiction as a whole 35,195 7,854 8,548 875 <br /> White 27,605 5,719 6,109 463 <br /> Black/African American 3,275 1,104 1,165 63 <br /> Asian 2,179 390 435 275 <br /> American Indian,Alaska <br /> Native 137 8 53 15 <br /> Pacific Islander 0 0 15 0 <br /> Hispanic 1,675 503 508 0 <br /> Table 21–Greater Need: Housing Cost Burdens AMI <br /> Data Source:2011-2015 CHAS <br /> Discussion <br /> While we do not find that any of the major racial/ethnic groups in Orange County are disproportionately <br /> cost burdened,we note that over 30%of households in the County are paying over 30%of their income <br /> toward rent. Furthermore,African-Americans are more likely to be cost burdened than other <br /> racial/ethnic groups. White and Asian households are the least likely to be cost burdened in Orange <br /> County. <br /> FFY 2020–2024 Orange County, NC HOME Consortium 36 <br /> Consolidated Plan <br /> OMB Control No:2506-0117(exp.06/30/2018) <br />