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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…

August 1, 2016

Fact of the Week: The Shrinking Public Housing Stock (1996-2015)

Source: A Picture of Subsidized Households (HUD)

July 25, 2016

Fact of the Week: Mortgage Interest Deduction Skewed Heavily toward Most Affluent

Source: Tax Policy Center (2015) and ACS 5 Year Estimate.

July 18, 2016

Fact of the Week: Severely Cost-Burdened Renter Households by Income Group

Source: NLIHC Tabulations of 2014 ACS PUMS Data. Note: Severely cost-burdened households pay more than 50% of their income on rent and utilities. AMI = Area Median Income.

July 11, 2016

Fact of the Week: Percent of Former Prisoners Experiencing Different Types of Moves Following Reentry (Michigan, 2003-2009)

Source: Herbert, C.W., Morenoff, J.D., & Harding, D.J. (2015). Homelessness and housing insecurity among former prisoners. The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 1(2), 44–79. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/29qxJxn

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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: The Shrinking Public Housing Stock (1996-2015)

Fact of the Week: Mortgage Interest Deduction Skewed Heavily toward Most Affluent

Fact of the Week: Severely Cost-Burdened Renter Households by Income Group

Fact of the Week: Percent of Former Prisoners Experiencing Different Types of Moves Following Reentry (Michigan, 2003-2009)