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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…

October 19, 2020

One in Five Emergency Rental Assistance Programs Utilizes Non-CARES Act Funding

Source: NLIHC COVID-19 Rental Assistance Database.

October 13, 2020

Nearly One-Fourth of People Experiencing Homelessness in Shelters are Children

Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, “The 2018 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress, Part 2: Estimates of Homelessness in the United States,” 2020.

October 5, 2020

One-Third of Lower-Income Households Have Had Trouble Making Housing Payments during the Pandemic

Source: Pew Research Center, “Economic Fallout from COVID-19 Continues to Hit Lower-Income Americans the Hardest,” 2020.

September 28, 2020

Some Evictions Continue Despite Federal Eviction Moratorium

Source: Eviction Lab, Eviction Tracking System.

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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

One in Five Emergency Rental Assistance Programs Utilizes Non-CARES Act Funding

Nearly One-Fourth of People Experiencing Homelessness in Shelters are Children

One-Third of Lower-Income Households Have Had Trouble Making Housing Payments during the Pandemic

Some Evictions Continue Despite Federal Eviction Moratorium