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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…

June 25, 2018

Fact of the Week: Shortage of Affordable Homes for Lowest Income Renters Has Grown Significantly in Last Ten Years

Source: JCHS tabulations of NLIHC’s The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes 2018

June 18, 2018

Fact of the Week: Low Wage Jobs Insufficient to Pay the Rent

Source: NLIHC, Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing, 2018. Housing Wages are derived from HUD fair market rents. The hourly wages by percentile are from the Economic Policy Institute’s State of Working America Data Library. Adjusted to 2018 dollars. http://nlihc.org/oor

June 11, 2018

Fact of the Week: U.S. Lags Far Behind Other Developed Countries in Providing Low Income Housing Assistance

Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Affordable Housing Database, 2018

June 4, 2018

Fact of the Week: Large Share of HUD-Assisted Households Have Members with Disabilities

Source: American Housing Survey, 2015.

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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: Shortage of Affordable Homes for Lowest Income Renters Has Grown Significantly in Last Ten Years

Fact of the Week: Low Wage Jobs Insufficient to Pay the Rent

Fact of the Week: U.S. Lags Far Behind Other Developed Countries in Providing Low Income Housing Assistance

Fact of the Week: Large Share of HUD-Assisted Households Have Members with Disabilities