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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…

February 1, 2021

Administrators of Emergency Rental Assistance Programs Report Challenges with Applications, Staff Capacity, Funding Timelines in 2020

Source: Housing Initiative at Penn, NYU Furman Center, and NLIHC, “COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance: Analysis of a National Survey of Programs,” January 2021.

January 25, 2021

Employment for Low-Wage Workers Remains Significantly Below Pre-Pandemic Levels

Source: Chetty, Friedman, Hendren, Stepner, & Opportunity Insights, Economic Tracker, updated January 8, 2021.

January 19, 2021

Only a Third of Those Leaving Temporary COVID Placements in Hotels Obtain Permanent Housing

Source: National Alliance to End Homelessness, “Surveying Local Homeless Service Providers (Part 3): Responses from November 2020,” December 2020.

January 11, 2021

Black and Latino Renters More Likely than White Renters to Be Several Months Behind on Rent

Source: Urban Institute Coronavirus Tracking Survey, Wave 2, September 2020.
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