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  2. Facts of the Week

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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…

August 16, 2021

Eighteen State Emergency Rental Assistance Programs Have Disbursed Less Than 5% of Initial Funding

Sources: (1) U.S. Department of the Treasury's Emergency Rental Assistance Program Monthly Compliance Report and Quarterly Reports, (2) publicly available data from program dashboards, (3) data from communications with program administrators and advocates, and (4) news articles. Visit https://…

August 9, 2021

Fact of the Week: Nine in Ten Renter Households are in Counties with High or Substantial Rates of COVID-19 Transmission

​ Source: CDC COVID Data Tracker and 2015-2019 American Community Survey.

August 2, 2021

Housing Choice Voucher Recipients in Ten States Wait More than Three Years for Assistance

Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “Families Wait Years for Housing Vouchers Due to Inadequate Funding,” 2021.

July 26, 2021

Jurisdictions Spent $1.5 Billion in Emergency Rental Assistance Funds in June, Much Remains Unspent

Source: Emergency Rental Assistance Program Monthly Compliance Report, June 1-30, 2021.
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