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NA-25 Disproportionately Greater Need: Housing Cost Burdens – 91.205 (b)(2)
Assess the need of any racial or ethnic group that has disproportionately greater need in comparison to the
needs of that category of need as a whole.
Introduction:
This section evaluates if any racial or ethnic group is experiencing a disproportionately greater need in
regards to housing cost burden in comparison to all households in the jurisdiction.
Below are the three categories in which housing cost burdens are categorize:
No Cost Burdened - Households that pay less than 30% of their income on housing costs
Cost Burdened- Households that pay between 30% and 50% of their income on housing costs
Severely Cost Burdened- Households that pay more than 50% of their income on housing costs
Housing Cost Burden
Housing Cost Burden <=30% 30-50% >50% No / negative
income (not
computed)
Jurisdiction as a whole 44,510 14,090 10,610 1,175
White 22,955 5,365 3,485 375
Black / African
American 15,525 7,100 5,700 610
Asian 970 315 175 10
American Indian,
Alaska Native 135 35 45 0
Pacific Islander 60 0 0 0
Hispanic 3,230 875 800 105
Table 21 – Greater Need: Housing Cost Burdens AMI Data Source: 2017-2021 CHAS
Discussion:
Based on the 2017-2021 CHAS data, 24,700 households are either cost burdened or severely cost burdened in
the City of Newport News. Of that number, 52% (12,800) are Black/African American, 36% (8,850) are White and
7% (1,675) are Hispanic. Black/African Americans show a disproportionately higher housing cost burden in
comparison to all other households in the City of Newport News.
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