Home is where one starts from—T. S. Eliot

STATE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN BROWN COUNTY

 Homeless person--a person sleeping in a place not meant for human habitation or in an emergency shelter; a person in transitional or supportive housing for homeless persons who originally were living on the streets (includes cars, parks, campers, etc.), in emergency shelter or in hotels; a person doubled up in residence with another person.

What is affordable?—the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development contends that if a family is spending more than 30 percent of its income for housing (not including utilities), the family is subject to unaffordable housing.

 Local Conditions

• As reported by Brown County shelter service providers, in January-April  2007,  an average of  308  people were served every day; on average, 85 of these were children.  A snapshot of  persons served revealed the following:   49 %  of all  adults served were working full time, part time, or temporarily;  5% of all served were Latino; and 12.3% were classiefied as chronically homeless.  

• As reported by United Way of Brown County (2003), in 2000, almost one-third of Brown County renters paid more than 30% of their income for housing

• As reported by United Way of Brown Counnty (2003), the lowest rent available was $350 a month; affordable for a household with an annual income of $14,000.  There are 10,000 households in Brown County that live on $15,000 or less.

• Brown County United Way 2-1-1 data for June-6, 2007-Nov. 12,. 2007 revealed that housing assistance information was the most frequent from its callers.

• The Coalition provides  monthly homeless counts for  2006,  2007,  and  2008

For more information about local conditions, please contact Jennifer Allen

Coalition member Linda Doro really enjoys voluntneering at March on Homelessness

Brown County Homeless and Housing Coalition
P. O. Box 334
Green Bay, WI  54305-0334