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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…

August 20, 2018

Fact of the Week: Racial and Ethnic Diversity of Severely Housing Cost-Burdened Renters Varies Significantly by Income

Source: NLIHC tabulation of 2016 ACS PUMS.

August 13, 2018

Fact of the Week: In NYC Homeless Shelters, 45% of Single Adults and 38% of Adults in Families Work

Source: Metraux, S., Fargo, J., Eng, N.,and Culhane, D. (2018). Employment and earnings trajectories during two decades among adults in New York City Homeless Shelters. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/2vr0Z2T

August 6, 2018

Fact of the Week: Lowest Income Households Constitute the Greatest Share of Housing Cost-Burdened Renters

Source: NLIHC tabulation of 2016 ACS PUMS.

July 30, 2018

Fact of the Week: Modest Two-Bedroom Rental Apartments Out of Reach for Low-Wage Workers throughout the Country

Source: NLIHC’s Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing, 2018

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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: Racial and Ethnic Diversity of Severely Housing Cost-Burdened Renters Varies Significantly by Income

Fact of the Week: In NYC Homeless Shelters, 45% of Single Adults and 38% of Adults in Families Work

Fact of the Week: Lowest Income Households Constitute the Greatest Share of Housing Cost-Burdened Renters

Fact of the Week: Modest Two-Bedroom Rental Apartments Out of Reach for Low-Wage Workers throughout the Country