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Metros with Greater Shares of HUD-Assisted Housing Have Lower Rates of Severe Housing Cost Burdens

Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2020 5-Year ACS PUMS and HUD Picture of Subsidized Households (POSH) data.

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Approximately Half of Households with Tenant-Based Vouchers Live in High-Poverty Areas

Note: High-poverty census tracts are generally defined as those with poverty rates higher than 20%.Source: Hawke, S. (2024, October 15). Tracking Investment: Trends in Housing Vouchers and…

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Housing Cost Burden among Veteran Renters Drastically Increased from 1976 to 2021

Source: Hess, C., Horan, K., Collette, T., Sanchez Cardona, I., Channer, B., & Moore, B. (2024). Rent Burden and Demographic Change Among Veterans: A Research Brief. Social Currents. Available at…

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Billion Dollar Disasters Are On the Rise

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (2024). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/, DOI: 10.25921/stkw-7w73

August 7, 2023

More People Are Remaining Homeless after Leaving Shelter Programs

Source: HUD. (2023). 2021 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/4wjy5mm6

July 31, 2023

Jurisdictions Are Retaining Program Features Developed during Treasury’s ERA Program

Source: NLIHC & HIP, 2023, “Continuing Emergency Rental Assistance: How Jurisdictions Are Building on Treasury’s ERA Program,” https://bit.ly/3OA67La

July 24, 2023

Renters Are Less Prepared for Disasters Than Homeowners

Source: Sarah McCarthy & Samantha Friedman (2023): Disaster Preparedness and Housing Tenure: How Do Subsidized Renters Fare?, Housing Policy Debate, DOI:10.1080/10511482.2023.2224309

July 17, 2023

Many of the Largest Occupations Do Not Pay Enough to Afford Rent

Source: NLIHC calculation of weighted-average HUD Fair Market Rent. Occupational wages from May 2022 BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, adjusted to 2023 dollars.

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Facts of the Week

Metros with Greater Shares of HUD-Assisted Housing Have Lower Rates of Severe Housing Cost Burdens

Approximately Half of Households with Tenant-Based Vouchers Live in High-Poverty Areas

Housing Cost Burden among Veteran Renters Drastically Increased from 1976 to 2021

Billion Dollar Disasters Are On the Rise

More People Are Remaining Homeless after Leaving Shelter Programs

Jurisdictions Are Retaining Program Features Developed during Treasury’s ERA Program

Renters Are Less Prepared for Disasters Than Homeowners

Many of the Largest Occupations Do Not Pay Enough to Afford Rent