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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…

April 15, 2024

Who Are Extremely Low-Income Renters?

  Source: NLIHC, 2024

April 8, 2024

Most Renters in Section 515 and Section 514/516 Properties Receive Some Form of Government Assistance to Pay Rent

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture (2024). Fiscal Year 2023 Multifamily Housing Annual Occupancy Report. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Available at: https://bit.ly/4alsoER

April 1, 2024

Only 34 Affordable and Available Rental Homes Exist for Every 100 Extremely Low-Income Renters

Source: 2022 ACS PUMS AMI = Area Median Income

March 18, 2024

No State Has an Adequate Supply of Affordable Rental Housing for the Lowest-Income Renters

Note: Extremely low-income (ELI) renter households have incomes at or below the poverty level or 30% of the area median income. Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2022 1-Year ACS PUMS data.
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