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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 18 States, Renters Must Earn More Than $30 an Hour to Afford a Two-Bedroom Apartment at Fair Market Rent

Source: NLIHC Out of Reach 2025 Note: This map displays the hourly wages that a full-time worker must earn (working 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per years) in…

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Housing Trust Funds Used in Variety of Ways for Affordable Housing  

Source: 2025 State and Local Housing Trust Fund Report. Available at: https://nlihc.org/resource/now-available-2025-state-local-housing-trust-fund-report  …

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Housing Trust Funds are a Popular Tool for Expanding Affordable Housing Options

Note: The numbers represent local housing trust funds in each state. Source: NLIHC (2025). State and Local Housing Trust Fund Report.

June 12, 2023

Many Renters Cite Financial Constraints as a Reason for Renting

Source: Federal Reserve Board (2023). Economic well-being of households in 2022. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from: https://www.federalreserve.gov/consumerscommunities/shed.htm

May 30, 2023

Decline in Adults Who Would Cover Emergency Expense with Cash Greater among Parents after Child Tax Credit Expired at End of 2021

Source: Federal Reserve Board (2023). Economic well-being of households in 2022. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from https://www.federalreserve.gov/consumerscommunities/shed.htm

May 15, 2023

Who Are Extremely Low-Income Renters?

Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2021 ACS PUMS.

May 8, 2023

Nine Percent LIHTC Projects Are Increasingly Sited in Racially Integrated and Lower-Poverty Neighborhoods Compared to 4% LIHTC Projects

Source: Kuai, Y. (2023). A missed opportunity? The 4% Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program. Housing Policy Debate. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2023.2180651

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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 18 States, Renters Must Earn More Than $30 an Hour to Afford a Two-Bedroom Apartment at Fair Market Rent

Housing Trust Funds Used in Variety of Ways for Affordable Housing

Housing Trust Funds are a Popular Tool for Expanding Affordable Housing Options

Many Renters Cite Financial Constraints as a Reason for Renting

Decline in Adults Who Would Cover Emergency Expense with Cash Greater among Parents after Child Tax Credit Expired at End of 2021

Who Are Extremely Low-Income Renters?

Nine Percent LIHTC Projects Are Increasingly Sited in Racially Integrated and Lower-Poverty Neighborhoods Compared to 4% LIHTC Projects