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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…

June 21, 2021

Fact of the Week: Renters in Northeast, Midwest More Likely to Live in Homes Built before 1970

Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies, The State of the Nation’s Housing 2021.

June 14, 2021

Research Debunks Stereotype that People Cross State Lines for Homeless Services

Source: Meyer et al. (2021), “Learning about Homelessness Using Linked Survey and Administrative Data.”

June 7, 2021

Immigration Concerns Prevent More than 1 in 10 Adults in Low-Income Immigrant Families with Nonpermanent Residents from Accessing Emergency Rental Assistance

Source: Urban Institute, Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey, December 2020.

June 1, 2021

Black and Latino Renters More Likely to Carry Rent Debt during Pandemic

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Household Pulse Survey.

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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

Fact of the Week: Renters in Northeast, Midwest More Likely to Live in Homes Built before 1970

Research Debunks Stereotype that People Cross State Lines for Homeless Services

Immigration Concerns Prevent More than 1 in 10 Adults in Low-Income Immigrant Families with Nonpermanent Residents from Accessing Emergency Rental Assistance

Black and Latino Renters More Likely to Carry Rent Debt during Pandemic