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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 12, 2021

Universal Housing Choice Vouchers Would Lift Many Renter Households Out of Poverty

Source: The Housing Initiative at Penn. (2021). Exploring a Universal Housing Voucher. Philadelphia, PA: Author. Retrieved from https://www.housinginitiative.org/universal-voucher.html.

October 4, 2021

Poll Shows Bipartisan Support for Housing in Infrastructure Spending

Source: NLIHC-commissioned Public Opinion Polling on Housing Affordability and Policy, June/July 2021.

September 27, 2021

Emergency Rental Assistance Program Reaches Nearly 1.4 Million Renters

Source: U.S. Department of Treasury, Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERA1) Interim Report, January 1 – August 31, 2021

September 20, 2021

Stimulus Payments Kept 11.7 Million Individuals Out of Poverty in 2020

Source: US Census Bureau (2021). The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2020.

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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

Universal Housing Choice Vouchers Would Lift Many Renter Households Out of Poverty

Poll Shows Bipartisan Support for Housing in Infrastructure Spending

Emergency Rental Assistance Program Reaches Nearly 1.4 Million Renters

Stimulus Payments Kept 11.7 Million Individuals Out of Poverty in 2020