1 "Affordable Housing: December 2006, "King County. Number of renter households by income group derived from Table DP-3, 2005 American Community Survey (ACS), available at http://factfinder.census.gov/. Number of rental units available to income groups derived from 2006 King County Rental Housing Affordability
Report, prepared by Dupre + Scott Apartment Advisors, Inc. Number of rental units available to income groups is understated as it does not include subsidized units. The last count of both market rate and subsidized units was taken by U.S. HUD in 2000. As per 2000 Comprehensive Housing Affordability Data, there were a total of 31,600 rental units available to households earning at or below 30% of area media income (AMI) and an additional 70,200 units affordable
to households earning 31% to 50% of AMI in 2000. Complete 2000 CHAS Data available at http://www.huduser.org/datasets/cp.html. Indicator assumes an average vacancy rate of 6%, taken from Spring/Fall 2005 Central Puget Sound Real Estate Research Report (RERR), Vol. 57, Numbers 1 and 2, prepared by the Central Puget Sound Real Estate Research Committee. 2 "2006 Annual Growth Report: Highlights," King County Budget Office. 3 "Central Puget Sound Real Estate Research Report: Spring 2007," Central Puget Sound Real Estate Research Committee. 4 "Regional Activity Spring 2007," U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Internet: http://tinyurl.com/2x94qh Accessed July 9, 2007.
