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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…

October 10, 2023

Incorrect Eviction Information Acts as Significant Barrier to Renting

Note: Non-random sample of 253 respondents, 143 of wom responded to the question about eviction records. National Consumer Law Center. (2023). Digital denials: How abuse, bias, and lack of transparency in tenant screening harm renters. https://bit.ly/3ZGrazn

October 2, 2023

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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

Incorrect Eviction Information Acts as Significant Barrier to Renting

Extremely Low-Income Renters Make Up Majority of Severely Cost-Burdened Renters

Fact of the Week: Measures of Housing Stability by Status of Emergency Rental Assistance

More People Are Remaining Homeless after Leaving Shelter Programs