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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

May 8, 2023

Nine Percent LIHTC Projects Are Increasingly Sited in Racially Integrated and Lower-Poverty Neighborhoods Compared to 4% LIHTC Projects

Source: Kuai, Y. (2023). A missed opportunity? The 4% Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program. Housing Policy Debate. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2023.2180651

May 1, 2023

Funding Declined for Most Key HUD Programs in FY2023 Relative to FY2010

Source: NLIHC federal housing appropriations data.

April 24, 2023

Renters with Extremely Low Incomes Face Absolute Shortage of Affordable Housing and Fewest Housing Options

Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2021 ACS PUMS data.

April 10, 2023

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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

Nine Percent LIHTC Projects Are Increasingly Sited in Racially Integrated and Lower-Poverty Neighborhoods Compared to 4% LIHTC Projects

Funding Declined for Most Key HUD Programs in FY2023 Relative to FY2010

Renters with Extremely Low Incomes Face Absolute Shortage of Affordable Housing and Fewest Housing Options

Fact of the Week: Percent of Public Housing Authorities Implementing Strategies to Improve Resident Outcomes or Address Equity