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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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Nearly Half of Renters Applying for FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program after Helene Are Lower-Income

Note: IHP = Individuals and Households ProgramSource: FEMA (2024). OpenFEMA: Individuals and Households Program - Valid Registrations - v1. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from: https://www.fema.gov/api…

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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…

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.

June 26, 2023

Unhoused People Overwhelmingly Indicate Housing Supports Would Help End Their Homelessness

June 12, 2023

Many Renters Cite Financial Constraints as a Reason for Renting

Source: Federal Reserve Board (2023). Economic well-being of households in 2022. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from: https://www.federalreserve.gov/consumerscommunities/shed.htm

May 30, 2023

Decline in Adults Who Would Cover Emergency Expense with Cash Greater among Parents after Child Tax Credit Expired at End of 2021

Source: Federal Reserve Board (2023). Economic well-being of households in 2022. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from https://www.federalreserve.gov/consumerscommunities/shed.htm

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Facts of the Week

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

Nearly Half of Renters Applying for FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program after Helene Are Lower-Income

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

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

Unhoused People Overwhelmingly Indicate Housing Supports Would Help End Their Homelessness

Many Renters Cite Financial Constraints as a Reason for Renting

Decline in Adults Who Would Cover Emergency Expense with Cash Greater among Parents after Child Tax Credit Expired at End of 2021