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Federal government funding has played a reduced role in providing housing over the last 17 years in Franklin County. As the graph above illustrates, the number of newly assisted housing units in Franklin County has decreased by 73.4% since 1980, from 821 in 1980 to 218 in 1996. Newly-assisted housing programs are not entitlement programs. According to the Ohio office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the lack of new housing units does not necessarily represent a lack of funding from HUD for those programs. For example, HUD has increased qualifications for these funds, making the application process more difficult and competitive. Further, local governments may choose not to apply for HUD funding.
New construction refers to projects that were built from the ground up. Rehabilitations refers to projects that refurbished existing structures that were either substandard or were not previously used for housing. Vouchers and certificates refer to programs which provide households with housing subsidies. Households receiving certificates contribute 30% of their income toward housing costs with the remainder paid for from HUD funds when they reside in units that qualify according to the program's rent standards. Those receiving vouchers receive a fixed amount based on a standard rent which assumes that 30% of household income is used to pay housing costs. Households with vouchers are not restricted to rental units that are within a program's rent standards so their effective contribution towards housing costs can exceed 30%.
The federal government has not provided funding to develop new public housing units since 1981. Instead, federal public housing funds have been used to rebuild or tear down previously built public housing units.
New Moderate Substant Existing Existing Public
Year Construct Rehab Rehab Certifs Vouchers Housing Totals
1980 421 148 192 60 0 0 821
1981 155 50 16 244 0 115 580
1982 173 89 0 102 0 0 364
1983 76 0 0 97 0 0 173
1984 100 25 0 116 52 0 293
1985 52 0 0 226 156 0 434
1986 13 0 0 155 88 0 256
1987 25 66 0 0 56 0 147
1988 16 0 0 14 71 0 101
1989 112 0 0 88 0 0 200
1990 65 0 0 0 38 0 103
1991 109 0 0 0 0 0 109*
1992 207 0 0 0 0 0 207*
1993 0 0 0 9 0 0 9
1994 78 0 0 0 93 0 171
1995 53 0 0 0 0 0 53
1996 168 0 0 50 0 0 218
* Due to a delay in federal assistance for housing, both 1991 and 1992 programs were funded in 1992.
Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Filename: SI-007
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