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Shelter Poverty in Ohio: An Alternative Analysis of Rental Housing Affordability

The Self-Sufficiency Standard provides an alternative tool to understanding housing cost burden. A recent report, Shelter Poverty in Ohio: An Alternative Analysis of Rental Housing Affordability, used the Self-Sufficiency Standard to evaluate operationalize the idea of shelter poverty by evaluating housing affordability after accounting for the minimum costs for other essentials, instead of relying solely on the widely accepted measurement for housing burden– renters paying above 30% of total income– which does not provide the full picture of housing affordability.

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Leichtag Foundation

The Leichtag Foundation in San Diego used a self-sufficiency grant program aimed at giving people the tools they need to break the cycle of poverty. As of 2020, the Leichtag Foundation is no longer supporting grant-making in Self-Sufficiency.

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Measuring Housing Affordability: Assessing the 30 Percent of Income Standard

The 30-percent of income standard is a widely used and accepted measure of the extent of housing affordability problems across the country.

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Washington State Self-Sufficiency Calculator

In Washington State, the Self-Sufficiency Calculator is an online tool created by the Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County to support career planning with customers and to track progress toward economic self-sufficiency.

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Higher Minimum Wages in Colorado

The Colorado Center on Law and Policy has used the Standard to advocate for state legislation allowing local governments to set higher local minimum wages. Employers and educational institutions have also used the Self-Sufficiency Standard to set organizational wage standards in Colorado.

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SeaTac Living Wage Ordinance

The Standard was cited in research and testimony in support of the SeaTac living wage ordinance (raising wages to $15/hour for covered employees) and in the successful campaign to raise the minimum wage in Seattle to $15/hour (over several years, depending on establishment size).

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The Portland Development Commission

The Portland Development Commission uses the Self-Sufficiency Standard as their bar to measure the number of “prosperous households” able to meet their basic needs in Portland, Oregon.

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Using the Standard to Identify Regions of Concentrated Poverty

In the academic journal article “Communities of Concentrated Poverty: A Proposal for Oregon,” Sara A. Chopp proposes using the Standard as a measure for evaluating poverty “hot spots” in Oregon communities.

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Analyzing Measurements of Housing Affordability

Redefining Housing Affordability Measures: The Self-Sufficiency Standard provides an alternative tool to understanding housing cost burden. An Urban Planning thesis titled “Analyzing Measurements of Housing Affordability” found that the Self-Sufficiency Standard was the best measure of housing affordability of the six measures examined.

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Furthering Research on Refugee Resettlement in Maryland

An evaluation of Maryland’s refugee resettlement program by the Roosevelt Institute, “Raising Refugee Voices: Promoting Participatory Refugee Resettlement Evaluation in Maryland,” used the Standard as a living wage estimate to support economic development programs and improve policies for refugees.

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Shelter Poverty in Ohio: An Alternative Analysis of Rental Housing Affordability

Shelter Poverty in Ohio: An Alternative Analysis of Rental Housing Affordability

Leichtag Foundation

Leichtag Foundation

Measuring Housing Affordability: Assessing the 30 Percent of Income Standard

Measuring Housing Affordability: Assessing the 30 Percent of Income Standard

Washington State Self-Sufficiency Calculator

Washington State Self-Sufficiency Calculator

Higher Minimum Wages in Colorado

Higher Minimum Wages in Colorado

SeaTac Living Wage Ordinance

SeaTac Living Wage Ordinance

The Portland Development Commission

The Portland Development Commission

Using the Standard to Identify Regions of Concentrated Poverty

Using the Standard to Identify Regions of Concentrated Poverty

Analyzing Measurements of Housing Affordability

Analyzing Measurements of Housing Affordability

Furthering Research on Refugee Resettlement in Maryland

Furthering Research on Refugee Resettlement in Maryland

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