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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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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…

March 9, 2020

Highest and Lowest Shares of Housing Cost-Burdened Renter Households by Occupation: Dramatically Higher for Low-Wage Occupations

Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies, America’s Rental Housing (2020). Tabuliations from 2018 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates.

March 2, 2020

Rent Cost Increases Since 2013 Outpace Other Basic Household Expenses

Source: BLS, Consumer Price Index (2020), annual average for all urban consumers in US. City average, not seasonally adjusted.

February 24, 2020

Number of Veterans Experiencing Homelessness Fell Dramatically Since 2009

Source: HUD, Annual Homeless Assessment Report (2020).

February 18, 2020

Black, Hispanic Renters Continue to Be Disproportionately Severely Housing Cost-Burdened

Source: JCHS. (2020). America’s rental housing. Cambridge, MA: Author.
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