Research Article
Public Housing Construction and the Cities: 1937–1967
Table 2
Monthly housing costs for rental households.
| | 1999 | 2007 | 2009 |
| | Monthly housing cost (median) | $580 | $755 | $808 | | (corrected for inflation, $1999) | $580 | $607 | $627 | | Monthly housing cost as percent of household income (median) | 28% | 33% | 34% | | Monthly housing cost in excess of 30% of household income | 42% | 51% | 53% | | Monthly housing cost in excess of 40 % of household income | 27% | 35% | 38% | | Monthly housing cost in excess of 50% of household income | 20% | 26% | 29% |
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Source: American Housing Survey, 1999, 2007, 2009.
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