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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

August 12, 2024

Black and Latino Workers Face Larger Gaps between Wages and Cost of Rental Housing Than White Workers

Source: National Low Income Housing Coalition. Out of Reach 2024. Available at: www.nlihc.org/oor

August 5, 2024

Rents Are Out of Reach for Workers in 14 of the 20 Largest Occupations in the U.S.

Source: National Low Income Housing Coalition. Out of Reach 2024. Available at: nlihc.org/oor

July 29, 2024

People of Color Account for a Quarter of Residents in Rental Deserts but Two-Thirds of Residents in High-Rental Neighborhoods

Note: Rental deserts are census tracts where less than 20% of the housing stock is vacant for rent or renter-occupied. Mixed-tenure neighborhoods are tracts where between 20% and 80% of housing is available for rent or renter-occupied. High-rental neighborhoods are tracts where at least 80% of…

July 22, 2024

Number of Coastal Public Housing Buildings At Risk of Biannual High-Tide Flooding Projected to Increase by 144% by 2050.

Note: “Disruptive high-tide flooding” is used in the report to describe flooding that occurs two days per year for at least one hour each day. Source: Dahl, K., et al. (2024). Looming Deadlines for Coastal Resilience: Rising Seas, Disruptive Tides, and Risks to Coastal Infrastructure.…

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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

Black and Latino Workers Face Larger Gaps between Wages and Cost of Rental Housing Than White Workers

Rents Are Out of Reach for Workers in 14 of the 20 Largest Occupations in the U.S.

People of Color Account for a Quarter of Residents in Rental Deserts but Two-Thirds of Residents in High-Rental Neighborhoods

Number of Coastal Public Housing Buildings At Risk of Biannual High-Tide Flooding Projected to Increase by 144% by 2050.