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The data comes from the Housing and Urban Development's FY 2018 Income Limits Documentation System, and is for a family of four.[1] The HUD explains their reas
by ggreer 8y ago
The data comes from the Housing and Urban Development's FY 2018 Income Limits Documentation System, and is for a family of four.[1] The HUD explains their reasoning here[2]. Basically, it's all about housing costs.
As a side note: I really wish news articles would link to the data instead of forcing me to go on an expedition.
1. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il2018/2018summary.odn?STATES=6.0&INPUTNAME=METRO41860MM7360*0604199999%2BMarin+County&statelist=&stname=California&wherefrom=%24wherefrom%24&statefp=06&year=2018&ne_flag=&selection_type=county&incpath=%24incpath%24&data=2018&SubmitButton=View+County+Calculations https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il2018/2018summar...
2. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il2018/2018ILCalc3080.odn?inputname=Marin+County&area_id=METRO41860MM7360&fips=0604199999&type=county&year=2018&yy=18&stname=California&stusps=CA&statefp=06&ACS_Survey=%24ACS_Survey%24&State_Count=%24State_Count%24&areaname=San+Francisco%2C+CA+HUD+Metro+FMR+Area&incpath=%24incpath%24&level=80 https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il2018/2018ILCalc...
- spyckie2 8y agoIf you read through the documentation, you'll see that they actually have a value of 145k as a calculation of the low income limit, but they are only allowed to grow the cap by 11.5% from last year, which was at 105k. This doesn't really tell you much about family incomes or the state of poverty in SF, it just tells you that housing prices are really high in SF (which we all know). Funny enough though, the median family income is at 118k and the income limit is at 117k, which means that roughly 50% of families living in SF qualifies for the low income limit for HUD.
- sjg007 8y agoWow.