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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 Federal Government Pays Over Three Times More in Housing Supports for Homeowners than for Low-Income Renters

Note: SLT = State and local tax deduction on owner-occupied homes. PH = Public Housing. LIHTC = Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. Other = National Housing Trust Fund,…

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Nearly Half of All Federally Assisted Affordable Homes Exposed to Seven or More Extreme Heat Events are Located in the Southeast and Northeast Regions

Note: Data includes extreme heat alerts between May 1 and October 31 from the National Weather Service. Federally assisted affordable housing includes: public…

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Children Accounted for Nearly 40% of the 7.6 Million Individuals Evicted From 2007 to 2016

Source: Graetz, N., Gershenson, C., Hepburn, P., Porter, S. R., Sandler, D. H., & Desmond, M. (2023). A comprehensive demographic profile of the US evicted population. Proceedings of the National…

October 5, 2015

Fact of the Week: Percentage of U.S. Renter Households by Income Spending More than 30% of Income on Housing

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates

September 28, 2015

Fact of the Week: Severely Cost Burdened Renter Households, Actual and Projected in 2025

Source: Enterprise Community Partners and Join Center for Housing Studies (2015). Projecting Trends in Severely Cost-Burdened Renters: 2015-2025. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/1WeclwG

September 21, 2015

Fact of the Week: Poverty Rates by Age and Sex: 2014

Source: DeNavas-Walt, Carmen and Bernadette D. Proctor. (2015). Income and Poverty in the United States: 2014. Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau.

September 14, 2015

Fact of the Week: Wage Declines for the 10 Largest, Low Wage Occupations, 2009 to 2014

Source: National Employment Law Project. (2015). Occupational Wage Declines Since the Great Recession: Low-Wage Occupations See Largest Real Wage Declines. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/1ie9dmb.

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Facts of the Week

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

The Federal Government Pays Over Three Times More in Housing Supports for Homeowners than for Low-Income Renters

Nearly Half of All Federally Assisted Affordable Homes Exposed to Seven or More Extreme Heat Events are Located in the Southeast and Northeast Regions

Children Accounted for Nearly 40% of the 7.6 Million Individuals Evicted From 2007 to 2016

Fact of the Week: Percentage of U.S. Renter Households by Income Spending More than 30% of Income on Housing

Fact of the Week: Severely Cost Burdened Renter Households, Actual and Projected in 2025

Fact of the Week: Poverty Rates by Age and Sex: 2014

Fact of the Week: Wage Declines for the 10 Largest, Low Wage Occupations, 2009 to 2014