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METROSTATS Metropolitan Council | metrocouncil.org/metrostats | 5 People with disabilities are more likely to experience housing cost burden Housing is one of the most essential pieces of a person’s well-being. Without affordable housing, people—espe- cially low-income people—struggle to make ends meet. Not surprisingly, the disparities summarized above put people with disabilities at a disadvantage in housing markets. For instance, housing tenure figures reveal dispari- ties between residents with and without disabilities (Figure 8). About 60% of households with a resident who has a disability are owner-occupied homes, compared with 70.5% of households where no one reports a disability. FIGURE 8. HOUSEHOLD TENURE BY RESIDENTS' ABILITY STATUS IN THE TWIN CITIES REGION 70.5% Homeowners 59.6% Renters 40.5% 29.5% Households with at least one resident with a disability Households with residents without a disability Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey five-year estimate Public Use Microdata, 2011-2015. Further, people with disabilities are more likely to experience housing cost burden—that is, paying a third or more of their in- come on housing—compared with people without disabilities. While 42.7% of the Twin Cities households where at least one person reports a disability experience housing cost burden (moderate and severe combined), only 26.3% of the households where no one reports a disability are cost burdened (Figure 9). Similarly, one in five households where at least one person reports a disability faces severe housing cost burden, while only one in 10 households where no one reports a disability faces severe housing cost burden. FIGURE 7. POVERTY RATES BY ABILITY STATUS IN THE TWIN CITIES REGION Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey five-year estimate Public Use Microdata, 2011-2015. 20.7%11.0% 9.6% 61.6% 17.7% 79.4% Income below federal poverty threshold Incomes between 100% and 185% of the federal poverty threshold Incomes above 185% of the federal poverty threshold People with disabilities People without disabilities 21.1%16.3% 10.0% 57.3% 21.6% 73.7% Moderate housing cost-burden (30-49% of income spent on housing costs monthly) Not cost-burdened FIGURE 9. HOUSEHOLD COST BURDEN BY RESIDENTS' ABILITY STATUS IN THE TWIN CITIES REGION Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey five-year estimate Public Use Microdata, 2011-2015. Severe housing cost-burden (50%+ of income spent on housing costs monthly) Households with at least one resident with a disability Households with residents without a disability