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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…

May 22, 2017

Fact of The Week: Rents Outpace Wages and Income, 2007-2015

Source: 1-yr American Community Survey, Economic Policy Institute (2016), dollars adjusted for inflation.

May 8, 2017

Fact of The Week: Most HUD Programs Experienced Major Funding Reductions from FY10 to FY17

Note: Adjusted for inflation. Source: NLIHC

April 24, 2017

Fact of The Week: Lowest Income Households Most Likely to Live in Physically Inadequate Housing

Source: 2015 American Housing Survey

April 17, 2017

Fact of The Week: How Minimum Wage Increases Would Reduce Housing Cost Burdens in Illinois

Source: Nolan, L., Dickson, A., Bruno, R., and Smith, J.(2017). The impact of a minimum wage increase on housing affordability in Illinois. University of Illinois Labor Education Program and the Nathalie P. Vorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement.

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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 Outpace Wages and Income, 2007-2015

Fact of The Week: Most HUD Programs Experienced Major Funding Reductions from FY10 to FY17

Fact of The Week: Lowest Income Households Most Likely to Live in Physically Inadequate Housing

Fact of The Week: How Minimum Wage Increases Would Reduce Housing Cost Burdens in Illinois