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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

September 26, 2022

Renters Make Up Less Than 10% of Elected Officials in Local, State, and Federal Offices

Source: Einstein, K., Ornstein, J., & Palmer, M., "Who Represents the Renters?," Housing Policy Debate, 2022, https://bit.ly/3dDnHOp

September 19, 2022

Refundable Tax Credits Kept 9.6 Million People Out of Poverty in 2021

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, “Poverty in the United States: 2021,” 2022, https://bit.ly/3xnlPQC Note: The housing subsidies estimate does not include people who received Emergency Rental Assistance.

September 6, 2022

Six in 10 Individuals Worry They Won’t Be Able to Pay for Housing during Next Year

Source: Freddie Mac, “Effects of Rising Prices on Housing,” 2022, https://bit.ly/3Q18x2L

August 29, 2022

Fact of the Week: Frequency of Major Weather and Climate Events Has Increased Significantly in Last Four Decades

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), “U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disaster,” 2022, www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions

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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

Renters Make Up Less Than 10% of Elected Officials in Local, State, and Federal Offices

Refundable Tax Credits Kept 9.6 Million People Out of Poverty in 2021

Six in 10 Individuals Worry They Won’t Be Able to Pay for Housing during Next Year

Fact of the Week: Frequency of Major Weather and Climate Events Has Increased Significantly in Last Four Decades