The median income for renter households in the Bronx is $11,000.

Of the 16 million renter households earning $15,000 or less, 38 percent pay at least half of their income toward rent.

There are now 150,000 doubled-up renter households in the five boroughs.

From 1995 to 1997, the number of "struggling renter households" increased by 3 percent, to almost 8.9 million from about 8.6 million, the department said.

In 1970 there were 300,000 more low-cost rental units (6.5 million) than low-income renter households (6.2 million).

More than 57 percent of the city's 1.9 million renter households have reported incomes of less than $20,000.

Other overly represented groups include African Americans, renter households, households with children, and foreign-born homeowners.

HUD reported to Congress in 2005 that nearly 6 million American renter households not receiving public housing assistance have "worst case housing needs."

Of Manhattan's 34,071 new units, 26,503 were occupied by renters, but the borough had a net gain of only 1,463 renter households.

There are more unregulated renter households in Brooklyn than in any other borough - 208,600.