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Last week NLIHC released The Road Ahead for Low-Income Renters, which summarizes research largely conducted during the pandemic on renters’ experiences and their needs going forward. The note summarizes findings from the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey, rent payment trackers, and research…
NLIHC released Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing 2021 on July 14. The annual report highlights the mismatch between wages people earn and the price of decent rental housing in every state, metropolitan area, and county in the U.S. The report calculates the “Housing Wage” a full-time worker…
The Urban Institute recently published a paper, “Adults in Low-Income Immigrant Families Were Deeply Affected by the COVID-19 Crisis yet Avoided Safety Net Programs in 2020,” which shares responses to the December 2020 Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey of 1,076 adults in low-income immigrant…
The Federal Reserve Board released “Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2020,” which summarizes findings from the annual Survey of Household Economics and Decision-making (SHED). This survey of more than 11,000 adults provides evidence that economic hardships in 2020 were unevenly distributed…