PRICED OUT IN 2006

Contents

Foreword by Eunice Kennedy Shriver

Introduction

Key Findings

Using Priced Out Information

Appendices

Appendix A: State and Local Housing Market Area Data

Appendix B: Local Housing Market Areas with One-Bedroom Rents Above 100% of SSI

Appendix C: Non-Elderly People with Disabilities Receiving SSI Benefits

Appendix D: Methodology for Priced Out in 2006 Study

Data Tables and Figures

Table 1: Percent of SSI Needed to Rent a One-Bedroom Housing Unit – 2006

Table 2: Percent of SSI Needed to Rent an Efficiency (Studio) Housing Unit – 2006

Table 3: SSI as a Percentage of One-Person Median Income – 2006

Table 4: Hourly SSI as a Percentage of the NLIHC’s One-Bedroom Housing Wage – 2006

Table 5: State SSI Supplements for People with Disabilities Living Independently – 2006

Figure 1: Ten Highest-Cost Local Housing Market Areas – 2006

Figure 2: National Averages 1998 - 2006: Percent of SSI Needed to Rent a One-Bedroom or Efficiency Unit

Figure 3: Map of United States Displaying Percent of SSI Needed to Rent a One-Bedroom Housing Unit

End Notes

Acknowledgements

The Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc. (TAC) would like to extend its thanks to the Melville Charitable Trust for the generous support that made the publication of Priced Out in 2006 possible, and for their continued commitment to the housing needs of people with disabilities and people who are homeless.

TAC would also like to acknowledge the valuable contributions to Priced Out made by the following individuals: Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Elizabeth Savage, The Arc and United Cerebral Palsy Disability Policy Collaboration; Kathleen McGinley, National Disability Rights Network; Andrew Sperling, National Alliance on Mental Illness; Sheila Crowley (President), Danilo Pelletiere, and their colleagues from the National Low Income Housing Coalition; Erika Hagensen, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation; and Emily Rapp, Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc.

Priced Out in 2006 is the latest in a series of housing publications created as a joint effort by the Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc. (TAC) and the Washington, DC-based Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Housing Task Force. TAC is a national non-profit organization that works to achieve positive outcomes on behalf of people with disabilities and people who are homeless by providing state of the art information, capacity building, and technical expertise to organizations and policymakers in the areas of mental health, substance abuse, human services, and affordable housing. For further information, contact:

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CCD is a national coalition of consumer, advocacy, provider, and professional organizations that advocate on behalf of people of all ages with disabilities and their families. CCD has created the CCD Housing Task Force to focus specifically on housing issues that affect people with disabilities. For further information, please contact the CCD Housing Task Force co-chairs:

Kathleen McGinley

National Disability Rights Network

(202) 408-9514

Kathy.McGinley@ndrn.org

Andrew Sperling

National Alliance on Mental Illness

(703) 516-7222

andrew@nami.org

Elizabeth Savage

The Arc and United Cerebral Palsy Disability Policy Collaboration

(202) 783-2229

savage@thedpc.org

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