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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…

September 8, 2015

Fact of the Week: Factors Associated with High Rates of Child Poverty in Rural Counties

From Understanding the Geography of Growth in Rural Child Poverty is available at http://1.usa.gov/1K5pZ0W.

August 17, 2015

Fact of the Week: Percent of Poor Living in High-Poverty Neighborhoods on the Rise

Note: A high-poverty neighborhood is defined as a census tract with a poverty rate of at least 40%. Source: Jargowsky, P. (2015). Architecture of Segregation: Civil Unrest, the Concentration of Poverty, and Public Policy. New York City, NY: The Century Foundation. Retrieved from: http://apps.tcf…

August 10, 2015

Fact of the Week: Three in Five Adults Experience Poverty by Age 60

Source: Rank, M. and Hirschl, T. (2015). The Likelihood of Experiencing Relative Poverty over the Life Course. PLOS ONE. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/1TeY6d0

August 3, 2015

Fact of the Week: Veteran Households Headed by Single Mothers Likely to Be Poor, Have Housing Cost Burden

Source: National Housing Conference (July 2015). Housing and Services Needs of Our Changing Veteran Population. Retrieved from: http://bit.ly/1OKBTg8

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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: Factors Associated with High Rates of Child Poverty in Rural Counties

Fact of the Week: Percent of Poor Living in High-Poverty Neighborhoods on the Rise

Fact of the Week: Three in Five Adults Experience Poverty by Age 60

Fact of the Week: Veteran Households Headed by Single Mothers Likely to Be Poor, Have Housing Cost Burden