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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…

December 10, 2018

Fact of the Week: U.S. Counties Have Vast Disparities in Poverty Rates

December 3, 2018

Fact of the Week: Federal Budget Authority for Housing Assistance Has Declined by More Than $75 Billion in Real Dollars Since 1978-79

Source: OMB Historical Table 5.1: Budget Authority by Function and Subfunction

November 19, 2018

Fact of the Week: Older Homeowners Have Significantly More Wealth than Older Renters

Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. (2018). Housing America's Older Adults: 2018.

November 12, 2018

Fact of the Week: States’ LIHTC ‘Opportunity Incentives’ Include Access to Education, Transportation, Healthcare, Jobs, and Low-Poverty Areas

Source: Freddie Mac and National Housing Trust. (2018). “Opportunity Incentives in LIHTC Qualified Allocations Plans.” Retrieved from https://bit.ly/2P8nvJA

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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: U.S. Counties Have Vast Disparities in Poverty Rates

Fact of the Week: Federal Budget Authority for Housing Assistance Has Declined by More Than $75 Billion in Real Dollars Since 1978-79

Fact of the Week: Older Homeowners Have Significantly More Wealth than Older Renters

Fact of the Week: States’ LIHTC ‘Opportunity Incentives’ Include Access to Education, Transportation, Healthcare, Jobs, and Low-Poverty Areas