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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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Decline in Homelessness Between 2024 and 2025 Driven by Decrease in Major Cities

Note: Persons experiencing homelessness include those living in emergency shelters, transition housing, safe havens, and locations not meant for human habitation. Source:…

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Renter Households that Include a Person with a Disability Experience Higher Rates of Housing Quality Issues Compared to Non-Disability Renter Households

Note: Disability households have at least one member with a disability. Source: Trivedi, K. & Brucker, D. L. (2026). Federal rental assistance and housing outcomes…

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The Majority of People Who Could Lose Housing Assistance Under HUD’s Proposed Work Requirements and Time Limits are in Working Households

Note: Working households mean households with at least one member reporting wage income. Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “Nearly 3.7 Million People at…

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

July 27, 2015

Fact of the Week: Family-Occupied Properties Compose 75% of Opt-Outs between 2005 and 2014

Opt-ins: owner made an active decision to renew project-based Section 8 rental contract Opt-outs: owner made an active decision to stop renewal of project based Section 8 rental contract Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (2015). Opting in, Opting Out a Decade Later.…

July 20, 2015

Fact of the Week: Significant Growth in Renters Expected in Next Two Decades

Source: Urban Institute (July 2015). Headship and Homeownership: What does the Future Hold? Washington D.C.: Author. Retrieved from: http://www.urban.org/research/publication/headship-and-homeownership-what-does-future-hold

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Facts of the Week

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

Decline in Homelessness Between 2024 and 2025 Driven by Decrease in Major Cities

Renter Households that Include a Person with a Disability Experience Higher Rates of Housing Quality Issues Compared to Non-Disability Renter Households

The Majority of People Who Could Lose Housing Assistance Under HUD’s Proposed Work Requirements and Time Limits are in Working Households

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

Fact of the Week: Family-Occupied Properties Compose 75% of Opt-Outs between 2005 and 2014

Fact of the Week: Significant Growth in Renters Expected in Next Two Decades