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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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Share of Low-Cost Rental Homes Continues to Shrink, While Supply of Higher-Priced Rental Homes Expands

Note: Rents adjusted for inflation using the CPI-U for All Items Less Shelter. Occupied units without cash rent are excluded. Source: Joint Center for Housing…

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In 2023, Half of Units Reported to be Uncomfortably Hot were Occupied by Renter Households with Incomes Below $50,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Housing Survey, 2023 National Estimates, Housing Quality. Available at http://bit.ly/4k3iVpM

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Chronic Homelessness Reached an All-Time High in 2024

Note: Data are not available for 2021 due to pandemic-related disruptions to point-in-time counts. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban…

March 11, 2019

Fact of the Week: A New Child Allowance and Increased Housing Vouchers Would Reduce Child Poverty Rates the Most

Source: National Academy of Sciences. (2019). A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty. Washington, DC: Author.

March 4, 2019

Fact of the Week: Three California Metro Areas Have Lowest Percentages of Renters who Can Afford to Purchase a Home

Source: Urban Institute. (2019). Housing Affordability for Renters Index: Local Perspective and Migration.

February 25, 2019

Fact of the Week: Far Greater Percentage of Non-Elderly Renters Experience Financial Distress Compared to Homeowners

Source: Urban Institute. (2019). Financial Distress among American Families: Evidence from the Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey. Washington, DC: Author.

February 19, 2019

Fact of the Week: Most Rhode Island Landlords are Unwilling to Rent to Housing Voucher Holders, Especially in the Suburbs

Source: South Coast Fair Housing. (2019). It’s about the voucher: source of income discrimination in Rhode Island.

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Facts of the Week

Metros with Greater Shares of HUD-Assisted Housing Have Lower Rates of Severe Housing Cost Burdens

Share of Low-Cost Rental Homes Continues to Shrink, While Supply of Higher-Priced Rental Homes Expands

In 2023, Half of Units Reported to be Uncomfortably Hot were Occupied by Renter Households with Incomes Below $50,000

Chronic Homelessness Reached an All-Time High in 2024

Fact of the Week: A New Child Allowance and Increased Housing Vouchers Would Reduce Child Poverty Rates the Most

Fact of the Week: Three California Metro Areas Have Lowest Percentages of Renters who Can Afford to Purchase a Home

Fact of the Week: Far Greater Percentage of Non-Elderly Renters Experience Financial Distress Compared to Homeowners

Fact of the Week: Most Rhode Island Landlords are Unwilling to Rent to Housing Voucher Holders, Especially in the Suburbs