Housing (5.9)
Table 5.9.1.1 shows the housing status of the client households. It shows whether they have a place to live, what kind of housing they have, whether they own or rent, and what their other housing-related experiences have been. See also Household Resources (5.9.2) and Number of Clients With or Without a Place to Live (5.9.1.2)
Table 5.9.1.1
HOUSING STATUS
|
Pantry Client Households |
Kitchen Client Households |
Shelter Client Households |
All Client Households |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The kind of place you live now? |
|
|
|
|
Clients with a place to live |
|
|
|
|
House |
42.3% |
27.7% |
7.1% |
37.4% |
Mobile home/trailer |
11.4% |
3.3% |
1.4% |
9.3% |
Apartment |
37.9% |
31.7% |
4.9% |
34.6% |
Room |
4.0% |
8.5% |
4.8% |
4.8% |
Live with family, friends |
1.4% |
2.8% |
1.4% |
1.6% |
SUBTOTAL |
97.0% |
73.9% |
19.6% |
87.9% |
|
|
|
|
|
Clients without a place to live |
|
|
|
|
Homeless, living in shelter or mission |
1.5% |
16.4% |
75.0% |
9.0% |
Homeless, living on the street |
1.0% |
8.0% |
4.5% |
2.4% |
Car, van, or recreational vehicle |
0.4% |
1.6% |
0.6% |
0.6% |
Abandoned building |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.3% |
0.1% |
SUBTOTAL |
3.0% |
26.1% |
80.4% |
12.1% |
TOTAL |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) |
37,986 |
10,667 |
4,225 |
52,878 |
|
|
|
|
|
Among clients who have a place to live |
|
|
|
|
Own the place you live |
26.3% |
15.5% |
16.7% |
24.6% |
Rent your place |
65.8% |
70.3% |
56.6% |
66.3% |
Live free with someone else |
5.7% |
10.9% |
16.7% |
6.6% |
Other a |
2.2% |
3.4% |
10.0% |
2.5% |
TOTAL |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
Clients late paying the last month’s rent or mortgage |
20.2% |
17.2% |
21.3% |
19.8% |
Clients whose households receive Section 8 or Public Housing Assistance |
19.2% |
14.0% |
5.5% |
17.4% |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) – Clients with a place to live |
36,877 |
7,715 |
557 |
45,149 |
Source:
This
table was constructed based on usable responses to questions 16, 17, 18, and 81
of the client survey.
Notes:
The percentages presented in this table are based only on
usable responses, excluding missing, don’t know, and refusal responses.
All usable responses were weighted as described in Chapter 3 and in the Technical Appendix
volume to represent all
emergency food clients of the A2H National Network. The sample sizes (N)
also include missing data.
For the kind of place where living, missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 0.8% for pantry clients, 1.2% for kitchen clients, 2.2% for shelter clients, and 1.0% for all clients.
For those with a place to live, missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 2.3% for pantry clients, 2.1% for kitchen clients, 3.1% for shelter clients, and 2.3% for all clients.
For those late paying rent or mortgage, missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 3.1% for pantry clients, 1.8% for kitchen clients, 3.0% for shelter clients, and 2.8% for all clients.
For those receiving Section 8, missing, don’t know, and refusal responses
combined are 6.7% for pantry clients, 6.4% for kitchen clients, 4.6% for shelter
clients, and 6.5% for all clients.
a This includes “working for rent” and halfway houses.
Among all client households, 12.3% were without a place to live. More details on housing status of the clients follow:
- 80.4% of shelter client households were homeless.
- 26.1% of kitchen client households were homeless.
- 3.0% of pantry client households were homeless.
- 26.3% of pantry client households with a place to live own the place where they live.
- 19.8% of the client households with a place to live were late paying the previous month’s rent or mortgage.
- 17.4% of the client households with a place to live said they received Section 8 or Public Housing Assistance at the time of the interview.