Number of seniors in public housing : 783 (14%)

Number of children in public housing: 2,221 (41%)

Major ethnicity of people in public housing : White (European American)

Ratio of women to men in public housing : 2 to 1

Hourly wages for entry level coffee shop employee : $6.50 (minimum wage, $13,520/year)

Living wage for a single parent and child : $13.57

SSI earnings for someone who is injured and unable to work : $512 per month

Amount of rent they can afford : $153 per month

Annual earnings for a single person to be considered "low-income," or "very low-income"
respectively : $18,350; $11,000

Amount they can afford to pay for rent, respectively : $509; $305

Amount a full time, minimum wage employee can afford to pay for rent : $375

Average cost of an older, one-bedroom apartment in NW Portland, and in NE Portland, respectively: $627 per month, $554 per month

Rank of housing instability as an indicator for a childís likelihood of dropping out of high school : 1

Percentage of Oregonians who are "food insecure", meaning they lack access to enough food to fully meet their basic needs : 12.6%

Cost to hospitalize someone with a mental illness for 1 month : $16,500

Cost to provide housing and support services for that same person : $2,450

Number of people with psychiatric disabilities who need subsidized rent in Multnomah
County : 7852 people

Percentage of $28 million in Tax Increment dollars spent in the urban renewal districts on housing
for people with very low incomes since 1996 : 2%, creating 79 units

for people with moderate incomes : 18%, creating 297 units

Percentage of federal housing subsidies

to U.S. households earning less than $9,000 per year : 18%

To households earning more than $123,000 : 63%

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