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Receive a preliminary response to Referral Number 2023.18 (Adams) regarding obtaining data on renters and evictions in the unincorporated Monterey County.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors receive a report on renter and eviction data in the unincorporated Monterey County and provide direction to staff.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
On July 25, 2023, Supervisor Adams submitted a referral (Referral No. 2023.18) requesting the development of a method to collect and track data on renters in the unincorporated areas of Monterey County.
The County of Monterey (“County”) currently does not have a system to track and collect renter or eviction data in the unincorporated areas. In an effort to obtain renter data for the unincorporated areas, Housing and Community Development (“HCD”) obtained housing and renter data from the United States Census Bureau (“Bureau”).
The Bureau is a federal agency and is the nation’s leading source of data about the United States’ people and economy. The Bureau has a significant amount of data on renters at various geographic levels in the United States. This data includes information such as housing unit characteristics, vacancy status, the number of units paying rent and the amount of their rent, the number of occupants per room, and the amount of rental cost as a percentage of household income.
HCD staff have prepared the following renter data summary to review with the Board. Additionally, staff will review a potential method that the County could utilize to track this data.
County staff obtained Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) data that spanned from 2010 to 2023. The ACS is an ongoing survey that provides yearly data and collects important economic and demographic data at all geographic levels in the United States. Obtaining this data for the unincorporated areas of Monterey County requires obtaining data for the entire area of Monterey County and then subtracting all incorporated citi...
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