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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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The Lowest-Income Renters Struggle the Most with Housing Cost Burdens

Source: 2022 ACS PUMS.

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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…

October 17, 2022

Fact of the Week: Renters More Likely Than Owners to Be Forced to Move or to Move to Reduce Housing Costs

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, “2021 American Housing Survey,” https://bit.ly/3rQ1QGZ

October 3, 2022

Sheltered Homelessness Decreased across Household Types in 2020, as Shelters Closed and Emergency Assistance Was Made Available

Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, “The 2019-2020 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress Part 2: Estimates of Homelessness in the United States,” 2022, https://bit.ly/3UUNwum

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.

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Facts of the Week

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

The Lowest-Income Renters Struggle the Most with 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

Fact of the Week: Renters More Likely Than Owners to Be Forced to Move or to Move to Reduce Housing Costs

Sheltered Homelessness Decreased across Household Types in 2020, as Shelters Closed and Emergency Assistance Was Made Available

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