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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…

December 13, 2021

ERA2 Spending Accelerated, ERA1 Spending Dropped in October

Source: Emergency Rental Assistance Program Monthly Compliance Report: October 1-31, 2021, U.S. Department of the Treasury Note: ERA2 spending data for April through June are reported under June

December 6, 2021

Forty-Eight States Have Enacted Laws Criminalizing Homelessness

Source: National Homelessness Law Center, "Housing Not Handcuffs 2021: State Law Supplement," November 2021

November 22, 2021

Jurisdictions Favor Market-Reliant Local Affordable Housing Tools, Such as Zoning Incentives

Source: Urban Institute. (2021). The Rise of Market-Reliant Affordable Housing Tools: Findings from the National Longitudinal Land Use Survey. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from https://urbn.is/3kHOSrK. Note: Based on Urban Institute analysis of the 2019 National Longitudinal Land Use Survey…

November 15, 2021

Small States Received Disproportionate Share of First Allocation of ERA Per Housing Cost-Burdened Low-Income Rental Household

Sources: Payments to States and Eligible Units of Local Government, U.S. Department of the Treasury; CHAS, 2014 - 2018, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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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

ERA2 Spending Accelerated, ERA1 Spending Dropped in October

Forty-Eight States Have Enacted Laws Criminalizing Homelessness

Jurisdictions Favor Market-Reliant Local Affordable Housing Tools, Such as Zoning Incentives

Small States Received Disproportionate Share of First Allocation of ERA Per Housing Cost-Burdened Low-Income Rental Household