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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…

July 23, 2018

Fact of the Week: Renters Vote at Significantly Lower Rates than Homeowners

Source: November 2006-2016 Current Population Survey data.

July 16, 2018

Fact of the Week: Housing Assistance Fails to Keep Up with Need

Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University (2018) The State of the Nation's Housing Washington, DC

July 9, 2018

Fact of the Week: Rents Are Unaffordable for Many Renters, Especially Those with Extremely Low Incomes

NLIHC’s Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing 2018. NLIHC calculation of a weighted-average HUD fair market rent. Affordable rent for average renter wage is based on BLS QCEW 2016, adjusted to 2018 dollars. Other rents are based on HUD Income Limits and Social Security Administration, 2018.

July 2, 2018

Fact of the Week: Seven of the Ten Fastest Growing Occupations in the U.S. Don’t Pay Enough for a One or Two Bedroom Apartment

Source: NLIHC’s Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing 2018. Housing wages are derived from HUD fair market rents. Employment projections from BLS Employment Projections Program. Occupational wages from May, 2017 National Occupation Employment and Wage Estimate, Occupational Employment Statistics…

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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: Renters Vote at Significantly Lower Rates than Homeowners

Fact of the Week: Housing Assistance Fails to Keep Up with Need

Fact of the Week: Rents Are Unaffordable for Many Renters, Especially Those with Extremely Low Incomes

Fact of the Week: Seven of the Ten Fastest Growing Occupations in the U.S. Don’t Pay Enough for a One or Two Bedroom Apartment