HUD’s Economic and Market Analysis Division released special tabulations of the American Community Survey (ACS). This newly released resource provides the number of households with a housing problem by income, tenure, and age of householder. The resource provides the number of households with at least one of the following housing conditions: lacking complete plumbing facilities, lacking complete kitchen facilities, more than 1.01 persons per room, and selected monthly housing costs greater than 30 percent of household income. These data are available for the nation, states, metropolitan areas, and counties. HUD’s ACS resource is available at: https://www.huduser.gov/ast/index.html
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