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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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In Most States & Territories, Affordability Restrictions on Thousands of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Homes will Expire by 2030

Source: 2026 National Housing Preservation Database

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NLIHC’s Renter Survey Finds 3 out of 4 Movers Reported that a Low or No Credit Score Was a Difficulty in Renting a New Home

Source: NLIHC 2025 National Renter Survey report, available at https://nlihc.org/national-renter-survey

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Nearly a Third of Veterans with Disabilities are Housing Cost-Burdened, Compared to a Fifth of Veterans without Disabilities

Note: Analysis was limited to noninstitutionalized adults aged 18 through 64 who did not live in group quarters. Source: Exhibit 1.2 from Pasciuti et al. (2026) Veterans and…

June 19, 2017

Fact of the Week: Rents Are Out of Reach for Many

Source: NLIHC calculation of a national weighted-average Fair Market Rent; NLIHC calculation of affordable rent for average renter wage based on Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) QCEW, 2015 adjusted to 2017 dollars; and Social Security Administration, 2017.

June 12, 2017

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Facts of the Week

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

In Most States & Territories, Affordability Restrictions on Thousands of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Homes will Expire by 2030

NLIHC’s Renter Survey Finds 3 out of 4 Movers Reported that a Low or No Credit Score Was a Difficulty in Renting a New Home

Nearly a Third of Veterans with Disabilities are Housing Cost-Burdened, Compared to a Fifth of Veterans without Disabilities

Fact of the Week: Rents Are Out of Reach for Many

Fact of The Week: Six of the Seven Occupations with Highest Projected Growth Fail to Provide a Housing Wage

Fact of The Week: Low and Median Wages Barely Increased Since 1973, While Those at the Top Saw Sizeable Gains

Fact of The Week: Why Renters Move