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CULTURAL/ETHNIC AND ECONOMIC DIVERSITY <br />In general, as resources become scarce, the value of the resource! ncreases, In the caseof rental <br />housing, if the supply of rental housing declines but the demand remains the same, it follows <br />that the price of cental housing will increase. Since rent control imposes an artificial barrier <br />to increased prices, rental property owners enhance their credit checking activities relative to <br />prospective residents to increase the probability that rent will be paid. In this section, the <br />impact of restrictive rent control on household composition, lower income households, and <br />families or households with children is examined. <br />Assumption #2: if the supply of rental housing decreases but the demand remains the same <br />or increases, rent control will encourage property owners to favor tenants who appear to be <br />better -able to pay the rent, <br />Table 4 contains information for persons living in renter -occupied housings by total renters, <br />race, and ethnicity. The racial andethniccategories are limited toWhite,Black, and Hispanic <br />because the majority of the population fall into these categories, and the categories for Asian <br />and Other are not comparable between the two Census years. <br />AHL <br />PERCENT CHANGE IN HOUSEHOLDS BY RACE of HOUSEHOLDER <br />LIVING IN RENTER -OCCUPIED HOUSING <br />Berkeley vs, Alameda County <br />Santa Monica vs. Los Angeles County <br />1980-1990 <br />--,-p—..--. u••— ....+v„"„ ,.a 1, 1.1 .lax 8pPI1EM heatl ot hQUWA01d O(lly, <br />nct to total family memiaErs . <br />Sources; 1980 U.5. Census, Table.98; 5T". <br />1990 U.& Census,Table H13,STF•3a, <br />The cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity issue has an impact on household composition. <br />Table 5 contains information on the percentchange in female householders with no husband <br />present. The data are for total households in the subject cities and counties. <br />The catitrirrrta Scare Unfverslfy Rest £state & Land Use Institute <br />6 <br />7960-1990 Percent change <br />Racial and <br />Alameda Santa <br />Los Angeles <br />Ethnic Categories* <br />Berkeley <br />County Monica <br />County <br />Total Renters <br />.11,69 <br />12.09 •4.90 <br />M10.07 <br />White Renters <br />-23,65 <br />-.65 -7A4 <br />-6.81 <br />Black Renters <br />-7A7 <br />iS.SO 2.40 <br />10.71 <br />Hispanic Renters <br />16.32 <br />37,93 7.35 <br />46,40 <br />--,-p—..--. u••— ....+v„"„ ,.a 1, 1.1 .lax 8pPI1EM heatl ot hQUWA01d O(lly, <br />nct to total family memiaErs . <br />Sources; 1980 U.5. Census, Table.98; 5T". <br />1990 U.& Census,Table H13,STF•3a, <br />The cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity issue has an impact on household composition. <br />Table 5 contains information on the percentchange in female householders with no husband <br />present. The data are for total households in the subject cities and counties. <br />The catitrirrrta Scare Unfverslfy Rest £state & Land Use Institute <br />6 <br />