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  2. Facts of the Week

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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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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…

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Housing Cost Burden among Veteran Renters Drastically Increased from 1976 to 2021

Source: Hess, C., Horan, K., Collette, T., Sanchez Cardona, I., Channer, B., & Moore, B. (2024). Rent Burden and Demographic Change Among Veterans: A Research Brief. Social Currents. Available at…

May 13, 2024

Speculative Mortgage Refinancing Practices among NYC Multifamily Rental Properties Associated with More Maintenance Code Violations

Source: Greenberg, D. M., et al. (2024). Housing Speculation, Affordable Investments, and Tenant Outcomes in New York City. Cityscape. Available at: https://bit.ly/4aadqAz  Note: Properties were identified as being subjected to speculative mortgage refinancing practices based on records…

May 6, 2024

Black and Latino Renters Experience Higher Rates of Housing Cost Burden Than White Renters

Source: 2022 ACS PUMS.

April 29, 2024

Homelessness Impacts Different Racial and Ethnic Groups at Rates Disproportionate to Their Share of the Overall Population

Source: Source: HUD, 2023 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress. Available at https://bit.ly/2023AHAR. U.S. Census Bureau, QuickFacts: Population Estimates, July 1, 2023, (V2023).

April 22, 2024

Severe Housing Cost Burdens Are Prevalent among the Lowest-Income Renters across U.S. Metropolitan Areas

Source: NLIHC, 2024 Note: A household has “severe cost burden” when it spends more than 50% of its income on rent and utilities.
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