2004 Rental Market Study

Publication Date: September 2004

Publisher: Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, University of Florida

Author(s): Shimberg Center for Housing Studies

Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: rental; housing; cost burden

Type: Report

Coverage: Florida

Abstract:

Prepared for the Florida Housing Finance Corporation (FHFC) by the Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, this report provides information about the characteristics of households in need of affordable rental housing and the subsidized housing available in the state. The document contains the following sections: 1) a summary of key findings; 2) a discussion of the cost burdened renter households in Florida counties; 3) a discussion of cost burdened households by age, including elders; 4) a compilation of the characteristics of the subsidized housing supply in Florida by county, including FHFC-supporting rental housing inventory; and 5) a discussion of the methodology underlying the various sections of the report.