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Distribution of Income1 in California
& Residential Building Types Occupied by Low-Income Californians2
FOREWORD
DESIGNING FOR ZERO CARBON, VOL. 2
(Below) Numbering over 10 million, multifamily residences represent approximately one quarter of California’s housing stock. 32% of Californians— over 12 million people—live in low income households and 42% of them live in multifamily buildings.
1 The income levels in this chart are based on the Department of Housing and Urban Develop- ment (HUD) defintions in its categories of Area Median Income (AMI), namely:
The AMI for an “area” (also defined by HUD) is the midpoint of the area’s income distribution (the “median”). The number of households in each category are tabulated for each “area” of Califor- nia and added together to give the total number of California households in each income level as shown in the chart.
2 Source: Reem Rayef, August 2020. https://www.veloz.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Hous- ing-Equity-and-Building-Decarbonization_FINAL_Sept-2020-1.pdf
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