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HOUSING NEED <br /> <br />Housing is a universal need, yet in some instances there is <br />great discrepancy between the costs cf available housing and <br />what households can afford ~o pal,. This imbalance creates a <br />need for actions to foster adequnte and affordable housing in <br />a co~unity~ Studies show ~hat there is a range of housing <br /> <br />need in <br />examine <br />rives. <br /> <br />Pieasanton. 'Phis section of the Housing Element will <br />the need for housing from 1. caz and regional perspec- <br /> <br />Local Need <br /> <br />There are <br /> <br />For <br /> <br /> o~*.kol~ , the ethers als ~e<atl ~.~l insignificant. <br />these indicators of need are d%scussed below. <br /> <br /> three primary indicators of housing need in a community: <br /> <br /> paying an unreasonably large percentage of income <br /> toward housing, i.e. "overpaying;" <br /> <br /> b. substandard housing conditions; and <br /> <br /> c. ove~'crowding. <br /> <br />the City of Pleasanton, the first factor is recognized as <br /> <br /> Ail <br /> <br />Oversaving - AS mentioned above~ overpaying households have <br />been defined as those whmch pay mcre than 25% of their gross <br />monthly income for housing. Using this definition, approxi- <br />mately 33% of ail Pleasanton ho~]schnlds are overpaying for <br />kc'~.:sin g ~ i <br /> <br />1Seurce: 1979 Housing <br /> <br /> <br />