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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…

November 16, 2020

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Poverty Rates Projected to Widen in 2020

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, “Projections of Poverty and Program Eligibility during the COVID-19 Pandemic,” 2020; U.S. Census Bureau, “Income and Poverty in the United States: 2019,” 2020.

November 9, 2020

Philadelphia Landlords Experiencing Significantly Higher Financial Constraints During COVID-19, Especially Tenant Non-Payments

Source: The Housing Initiative at Penn, “COVID-19 and Rent Relief: Understanding the Landlord Side,” 2020.

November 2, 2020

Renters More Likely than Homeowners to Face Pests, Heating Problems, Leaks, and Mold

Source: American Housing Survey, 2019.

October 26, 2020

Renters Much More Likely than Homeowners to Experience Food Insecurity

Source: American Housing Survey, 2019.

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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

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Poverty Rates Projected to Widen in 2020

Philadelphia Landlords Experiencing Significantly Higher Financial Constraints During COVID-19, Especially Tenant Non-Payments

Renters More Likely than Homeowners to Face Pests, Heating Problems, Leaks, and Mold

Renters Much More Likely than Homeowners to Experience Food Insecurity