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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…

May 4, 2020

Lowest-Wage Jobs Are Most Exposed to COVID-19-Related Unemployment

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2020.

April 27, 2020

Majorities of Lower-Income and Hispanic Households Experience Job Loss or Pay Cut Due to COVID-19

Source: Pew Research Center, 2020.

April 20, 2020

Low-Income Households without Bank Accounts Will Wait Longer for COVID-19 Stimulus Checks

Source: FDIC Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households, 2017.

April 13, 2020

Hispanic and Native Renters Most Suffer Overcrowded Housing; Native Renters Most Suffer Incomplete Facilities, April 13

Source: American Community Survey PUMS, 2018. Households are overcrowded if more than one person per room lives in the home.

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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

Lowest-Wage Jobs Are Most Exposed to COVID-19-Related Unemployment

Majorities of Lower-Income and Hispanic Households Experience Job Loss or Pay Cut Due to COVID-19

Low-Income Households without Bank Accounts Will Wait Longer for COVID-19 Stimulus Checks

Hispanic and Native Renters Most Suffer Overcrowded Housing; Native Renters Most Suffer Incomplete Facilities, April 13