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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…

February 10, 2020

Fact of the Week: More Than 1.5 Million Students Identified as Experiencing Homelessness in 2017-2018

Source: National Center for Homeless Education, 2020.

February 3, 2020

Homelessness Declined with Increase in Rapid Rehousing and Permanent Housing

Source: 2019 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress.

January 27, 2020

Lower-Income Renter Households More Likely to Be Limited English Speaking

Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2019 ACS PUMS data.

January 21, 2020

Low-Income Renters Less Likely than High-Income Renters to Live in Single-Family Homes

Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2018 ACS PUMS data.

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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

Fact of the Week: More Than 1.5 Million Students Identified as Experiencing Homelessness in 2017-2018

Homelessness Declined with Increase in Rapid Rehousing and Permanent Housing

Lower-Income Renter Households More Likely to Be Limited English Speaking

Low-Income Renters Less Likely than High-Income Renters to Live in Single-Family Homes