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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 24, 2019

Fact of the Week: Costs of Major Weather and Climate Events Has Grown Dramatically in Last Four Decades

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. (2019). U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters

June 17, 2019

Fact of the Week: Seven of the Ten Occupations Projected to Grow the Most Do Not Pay Enough to Cover the Rent

Source: NLIHC’s Out of Reach 2019. Housing Wages based on HUD fair market rents. Employment projections from BLS Employment Projections Program. Occupational wages from May 2018 Occupational Employment Statistics, BLS, adjusted to 2019 dollars.

June 10, 2019

Fact of the Week: Census 2020 Could Undercount Millions of Minorities, Overcount Whites

June 3, 2019

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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: Costs of Major Weather and Climate Events Has Grown Dramatically in Last Four Decades

Fact of the Week: Seven of the Ten Occupations Projected to Grow the Most Do Not Pay Enough to Cover the Rent

Fact of the Week: Census 2020 Could Undercount Millions of Minorities, Overcount Whites

Fact of the Week: Three out of Four Voters are More Likely to Vote for a Candidate with a Detailed Plan to Make Housing More Affordable