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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 13, 2021

Fewer than Half of Emergency Rental Assistance Applicants Have Received Assistance, Many More Behind on Rent

Sources: (1) Household Pulse Survey Week 35: August 4 - August 16, 2021, U.S. Census Bureau; (2) Emergency Rental Assistance Monthly Compliance Report: July 1- 31, 2021, U.S. Department of the Treasury

September 7, 2021

7.5 Million Unemployed Workers Lose Pandemic Unemployment Insurance Benefits

Source: Stettner, A. (2021). “7.5 Million Workers Face Devastating Unemployment Benefits Cliff This Labor Day.” The Century Foundation.

August 30, 2021

Over Half of Renters Currently Behind Have Not Yet Applied for Assistance, Showing Need for Greater Outreach and Simplified Applications

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Household Pulse Survey, Week 34 (July 21-August 2).

August 23, 2021

Nine of 10 Severely Cost-Burdened Renters Have Extremely or Very Low Incomes

Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2019 ACS PUMS data.

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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

Fewer than Half of Emergency Rental Assistance Applicants Have Received Assistance, Many More Behind on Rent

7.5 Million Unemployed Workers Lose Pandemic Unemployment Insurance Benefits

Over Half of Renters Currently Behind Have Not Yet Applied for Assistance, Showing Need for Greater Outreach and Simplified Applications

Nine of 10 Severely Cost-Burdened Renters Have Extremely or Very Low Incomes