ABOR report highlights striking disparities in housing affordability - Austin Monitor
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A new report from one of the city's leading real estate groups is bringing fresh, detailed data that shows how unaffordable housing has become for most local residents.
Among different racial groups at 80 percent or less of median family income, Black/African American households had a 58.3 percent shortage of housing compared to a 57.6 percent shortage for Hispanic/Latino households, 53.2 percent for the 'other races' category, 38.4 percent for white households and 35 percent for Asian households.
Taylor Smith, ABOR's deputy director of government affairs, said the new analysis and findings show both that the city is far behind in reaching the goals of its Strategic Housing Blueprint and that the initial goals set in the 2017 document were too modest.
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