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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…

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

August 15, 2022

Final Monthly Spending Report Shows Nearly $30 Billion in Emergency Rental Assistance Has Been Distributed to Households

Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, “June 2022 ERA Monthly Data,” https://bit.ly/3bIGLd9.  Note: Spending numbers include funds spent toward forward rent, arrears, and utilities. Additional funds that have gone toward administrative expenses and housing stability services are not…

August 8, 2022

Many of the Largest Occupations Do Not Pay Enough to Afford Rent

Source: Occupational wages from May 2021 Occupational Employment Statistics, BLS, adjusted to 2022 dollars. Housing wages based on HUD fair market rents.

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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

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

Final Monthly Spending Report Shows Nearly $30 Billion in Emergency Rental Assistance Has Been Distributed to Households

Many of the Largest Occupations Do Not Pay Enough to Afford Rent