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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 1, 2020

Federally Assisted Homes with Subsidies Expiring in Next Five Years

Source: Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation and National Low Income Housing Coalition

May 26, 2020

Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, and African Americans More Likely Than Other Racial and Ethnic Groups to Experience Homelessness

Source: National Alliance to End Homelessness, 2020.

May 18, 2020

Assisted Renters Likelier than Unassisted Renters to Receive Social Security or Supplemental Security Income

Source: HUD, Characteristics of HUD-Assisted Renters and Their Units in 2017 (2020).

May 11, 2020

Hispanics and Blacks More Affected than Whites by COVID-19 Job Disruptions

Source: Pew Research Center, American Trends Panel, 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

Federally Assisted Homes with Subsidies Expiring in Next Five Years

Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, and African Americans More Likely Than Other Racial and Ethnic Groups to Experience Homelessness

Assisted Renters Likelier than Unassisted Renters to Receive Social Security or Supplemental Security Income

Hispanics and Blacks More Affected than Whites by COVID-19 Job Disruptions