# Santa Clara County

### Summary

43.9%  
share of renter households  
45.7%  
share of low-income households  
43.3%  
share of rent-burdened households

### Renter population data

**Renters vs homeowners**  
| Households          | % share   |
|---------------------|-----------|
| Renter households    | 283,743   |
| Homeowner households  | 363,104   |
| Total households      | 646,847   |

**Low-income renter households**  
**Renter households by income group**  
| Households                               | % share   |
|------------------------------------------|-----------|
| Extremely low-income (≤30% AMI)         | 47,933    |
| Very low-income (31-50% AMI)            | 45,430    |
| Low-income (51-80% AMI)                 | 36,252    |
| All low-income households (<80% AMI)     | 129,615   |

**Rent-burdened households**  
**Share of income spent on rent**  
| Households                     | % share   |
|--------------------------------|-----------|
| Moderately rent-burdened       | 65,249    |
| 30.0–34.9%                     | 24,488    |
| 35.0–39.9%                     | 17,587    |
| 40.0-49.9%                     | 23,174    |
| Severely rent-burdened         | 57,558    |
| ≥50.0%                          | 57,558    |
| All rent-burdened households    | 122,807   |

### Affordable housing shortage

**Rent vs median household income**  
| Median household income Avaliable in  | Amount ($) |  
|----------------------------------------------------|-------------|
| in 2010                                         | 58,959      |
| in 2021                                         | 106,120     |
| Increase (2010–2021)                            | 80.0%       |

**Median rent**  
| Median rent Avaliable in  | Amount ($) |  
|------------------------------------------------|-------------|
| in 2010                                       | 1,170       |
| in 2021                                       | 2,391       |
| Increase (2010–2021)                          | 104.4%      |

**Affordable housing stock**  
| Supply, demand & shortage  | Units   |
|---------------------------|---------|
| Supply (current stock)    | 31,267  |
| Demand (total units needed)| 73,277  |
| Shortage                  | 52,057  |
|                           | 42.7%   |
|                           | supply/demand ratio |

### HUD National Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Database

| Name                              | Type                           | Year | Zipcode |  Number of units | Income ceiling | LIHTC allocation | Amount  |
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|------|---------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|---------|
| HIGHBRIDGE OVERLOOK                | New construction               | N/A  | 10452   | N/A             | 1              | N/A              | $1,804,887 |
| IRVINGTON FAMILY APTS             | New construction               | N/A  | 94538   | N/A             | 1              | N/A              | $1,378,252 |
| HILLTOP VILLAGE                   | New construction - Acquisition and Rehab | N/A | 32208 | N/A   | 0              | N/A              | $504,385   |
| HUNTINGTON RESERVE                | N/A                            | N/A  | 32773   | N/A             | 0              | N/A              | $424,046   |
| HOLT + HAMILTON FAMILY APARTMENTS | New construction               | N/A  | 91768   | N/A             | 1              | N/A              | $1,557,010 |

... (Additional properties omitted for brevity)