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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…

July 27, 2020

Shortfall between Average Hourly Wage and Housing Wage Greatest in Hawaii, Maryland, and California

Source: NLIHC, Out of Reach 2020.

July 20, 2020

Fact of the Week: Twelve of the Twenty Largest Occupations in the U.S. Pay Less Than the One-Bedroom Housing Wage

Source: NLIHC, Out of Reach 2020. Occupational wages from Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2019 Occupational Employment Statistics, adjusted to 2020 dollars

July 13, 2020

Share of Severely Cost-Burdened Renters Has Grown Since 2001

July 6, 2020

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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

Shortfall between Average Hourly Wage and Housing Wage Greatest in Hawaii, Maryland, and California

Fact of the Week: Twelve of the Twenty Largest Occupations in the U.S. Pay Less Than the One-Bedroom Housing Wage

Share of Severely Cost-Burdened Renters Has Grown Since 2001

Nearly Half of Black and Latino Renters Not Confident They Can Pay the Rent