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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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Housing Trust Funds are a Popular Tool for Expanding Affordable Housing Options

Note: The numbers represent local housing trust funds in each state. Source: NLIHC (2025). State and Local Housing Trust Fund Report.

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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

June 9, 2025

Displacement of Households from Florida Manufactured Home Units Increased Post-COVID

Source: Haas and Hepburn. 2025. Eviction from manufactured home parks, Urban Studies. Based on analysis of American Community Survey and Shimberg Center for Housing Studies data. Available at: http://bit.ly/4kjWjlF

June 2, 2025

Renters with Extremely Low Incomes Account for Most Severely Cost-Burdened Renters in the U.S.

Source: NLIHC. The Gap Report, 2025. Data sourced from 2023 ACS PUMS.

May 27, 2025

Gap Widens Between Single- and Multifamily Rent Prices

Source: Urban Institute. (2025) Growing Divergence in Single- and Multifamily Rental Prices. Based on analysis of the Zillow Observed Rent Index. Available at: https://bit.ly/3ZnAKbl.

May 19, 2025

Extremely Low Incomes Renters Face Greatest Prevalence of Severe Cost Burdens Compared to Other Income Groups

Note: A household has “severe cost burden” when it spends more than 50% of its income on rent and utilities. Source: NLIHC Tabulations of 2023 ACS PUMS

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Facts of the Week

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

Housing Trust Funds are a Popular Tool for Expanding Affordable Housing Options

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

Displacement of Households from Florida Manufactured Home Units Increased Post-COVID

Renters with Extremely Low Incomes Account for Most Severely Cost-Burdened Renters in the U.S.

Gap Widens Between Single- and Multifamily Rent Prices

Extremely Low Incomes Renters Face Greatest Prevalence of Severe Cost Burdens Compared to Other Income Groups