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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

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

May 15, 2023

Who Are Extremely Low-Income Renters?

Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2021 ACS PUMS.

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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

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

Who Are Extremely Low-Income Renters?