Section 8 Recipients By Race

Another 4 7 million residents living in section 8 housing.
Section 8 recipients by race. The average household size for residents of public housing is 2 2 people and 1 8 for residents of section 8 housing. Residents living in section 8 housing. White 38 8 black.
In 2014 one out of every 3 6 black households in metropolitan areas was extremely low income a rate 2 2 times higher than white households. An estimated 131 9 billion is spent by the government on welfare each year. The purpose of this program is to grant housing choice vouchers to individuals who meet certain criteria.
Section 8 and other public housing. Across all public housing about 45 of residents are black while another third 32 are white and a little over 20 are. The section 8 program is run by hud.
Most of them got section 8 vouchers. The name though hasn t supplanted the use of section 8 either among recipients for whom the phrase isn t particularly pejorative or among neighbors and landlords for whom it is. There are approximately 12 8 million americans on welfare accounting for 4 1 of the us population.
But there is another pernicious outcome of the lack of section 8 resources for every eligible household. About half 49 of project based section 8 residents are white about a third 33 are black and 13 are hispanic see chart 2. Again whites are an absolute minority though their percentage of recipients for this expensive program is relatively high.
Project based section 8 housing units is similar to the racial composition of eli renters. A little over 931 000 residents between the ages of 18 and 61 45 live in public housing with 2 4 million 52 living in section 8 housing. The following percentages are recipients of welfare based on race.