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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…

May 15, 2023

Who Are Extremely Low-Income Renters?

Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2021 ACS PUMS.

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.

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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

Who Are Extremely Low-Income Renters?

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