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<br />42 <br /> <br />While Little Canada excels at providing affordable housing, and is a leader in this regard <br />regionally, there is a need to examine how many of its households experience housing cost burden. <br />When a household is spending over 30 percent of their combined income on housing related costs, <br />than that household is experiencing housing cost burden. Of Little Canada’s 4,514 households, <br />1,243 were cost burdened. Especially impacted were those households in the lowest income <br />brackets, with 571 households at or below 30 percent AMI experiencing cost burden. No <br />community will ever be without cost burdened households but identifying these gaps in the <br />housing market is crucial to planning for future development. Knowing that the 30 percent AMI <br />bracket is most often experiencing cost burden tells us that future affordable housing needs to be <br />geared towards this bracket. <br />Table 11: Housing Cost-Burdened Households in 2016 <br />Cost Burdened Households <br />with Income at or below <br />30% AMI <br />Cost Burdened Households <br />with Income at 31-50% <br />AMI <br />Cost Burdened <br />Households with Income <br />at 51-80% AMI <br />571 540 132 <br />Source: Metropolitan Council, NAC <br /> <br /> <br />