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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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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…

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Older Adults Account for Nearly One-Fifth of the Nation’s Population Experiencing Homelessness

Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2024), AHAR Part 1: Point-in-Time Estimates of Homelessness in the U.S.

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Single-Parent Female Renter—Particularly Black, Latina, and Indigenous Women—are More Likely than Single-Parent Male Renters to Have Extremely Low Incomes

Note: AANHPI stands for women who identified as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander. Indigenous stands for women who identified as American Indian…

April 1, 2024

Only 34 Affordable and Available Rental Homes Exist for Every 100 Extremely Low-Income Renters

Source: 2022 ACS PUMS AMI = Area Median Income

March 18, 2024

No State Has an Adequate Supply of Affordable Rental Housing for the Lowest-Income Renters

Note: Extremely low-income (ELI) renter households have incomes at or below the poverty level or 30% of the area median income. Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2022 1-Year ACS PUMS data.

March 11, 2024

Cuts to Key HUD Programs Have Had Lasting Effects

Note: Adjusted for inflation. Key HUD housing programs include Tenant-Based Rental Assistance, Project-Based Rental Assistance, Public Housing Capital and Operating Funds, HOME, Section 202, and Section 811. Source: NLIHC, 2024

February 26, 2024

Share of Multifamily Housing in Rural Areas Varies by Definition of ‘Rural

Source: A. Hermann & W. Airgood-Obrychi. (2024). In Search of Rural: How Varying Definitions Shape Housing Research. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. Retrieved from: https://bit.ly/3UIFEhQ Notes: USDA = United States Department of Agriculture. Office of Management and…

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Facts of the Week

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

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

Older Adults Account for Nearly One-Fifth of the Nation’s Population Experiencing Homelessness

Single-Parent Female Renter—Particularly Black, Latina, and Indigenous Women—are More Likely than Single-Parent Male Renters to Have Extremely Low Incomes

Only 34 Affordable and Available Rental Homes Exist for Every 100 Extremely Low-Income Renters

No State Has an Adequate Supply of Affordable Rental Housing for the Lowest-Income Renters

Cuts to Key HUD Programs Have Had Lasting Effects

Share of Multifamily Housing in Rural Areas Varies by Definition of ‘Rural