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RENT RANGE OF RENTAL UNITS (1990) <br />Monthly Rent it of Units % of Units <br /><$:oo s 3.7% <br />S200-299 5 2.3% <br />S300-399 21 9.6 <br />$400-499 34 15.6% <br />S500-599 37 17.0% <br />$600-749 45 20 6% <br />S750-999 23 10.6 <br />SIOOO or more IS .S 3 “» <br />Total with <br />Cash Rent <br />191 87.7 % <br />No Cash Rent 27 12 3 "o <br />Total 218 100.0 % <br />Source: 1990 U.S. Census <br />Low 3nd N'locicrjtc Income llousirui <br />In 1 9 70. approximatd>H-7.6 perreent of Oronn’s total-housing stock was in the price <br />rcinyc litt'orcIiiHlo lownnd nioJcrjtc incviiie pcrsviiis «is Jcfincid by the Nlctropolittin <br />Cmincil and using federal gu idelines. I hir; induded homes—valued at under $ 15,000 <br />and unit?! renting for Ic?;y than $ 1 50 per month in 1 9 70 dollars. This compares to an <br />a\ot .>»>*/o on a meiropol i tan I Io\\ c \ . it should be noted that a relatively <br />sniall portion ot Orono is urhani/cd (m is pio'* iJed~witli such urban services as <br />municipal .■sewer and water .syst ems. <br />Modc^tt-Cost I loii^dntr <br />Modest cost Iiousi includes pri\ ate niai kct*i ate housing that is at fordable lo iiiiddlc <br />income persons. In 1 *^75 dollars, modest cost-hnusing includes privately owied units <br />costing bct\s ecn S20.00Q and $40,000 and apartments renting from $360 to $440 per <br />month. In 1 9 70. approximatcKSO.-^^i of Qrono's singl e»family homes and 1 9 % of <br />its rental-units-were in-thc-modcst cost range. <br />Suhsid'/cd Hou.sinu Units <br />At the present time, the City of Orono does not eontairj any units of subsidized <br />housing. I his is due in part to the lack of. or limited shopping and employment <br />opportunities, public transportation, medical facilities and limited extent of other <br />eommunity ser\ ices such as municipal seuer and water systems. <br />C'MI’sC- 17 <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I