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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.

February 21, 2023

Major Cities and Predominantly Urban CoCs Faced Largest Increases in Unsheltered Homelessness and Chronic Homelessness between 2020 and 2022

Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, "The 2022 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report Part 1: Point-In-Time Estimates of Homelessness," December 2022, bit.ly/3WNSERq

February 13, 2023

Older Black Adults Disproportionately Exit Homelessness to Incarceration, While Older White Adults Disproportionately Receive Permanent Supportive Housing

Source: National Alliance to End Homelessness. (2023). Connecting Older Adults to Housing: Examining Disparities. Retrieved from https://endhomelessness.org/resource/connecting-older-adults-to-housing-examining-disparities/

February 6, 2023

Budget Control Act Severely Constrained Annual HUD Appropriations

Note: Adjusted for inflation. Key HUD programs include Tenant-Based Rental Assistance, Project-Based Rental Assistance, Public Housing Capital and Operating Funds, CDBG, HOME, Section 202, and Section 811. A significant share of the FY23 increase was the result of earmarks for CDBG, which are…

January 30, 2023

Fact of the Week: Renters in Neighborhoods of Color More Likely to Have Rental Arrears and Apply for and Receive ERA Than Applicants in Mostly White Neighborhoods

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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

Major Cities and Predominantly Urban CoCs Faced Largest Increases in Unsheltered Homelessness and Chronic Homelessness between 2020 and 2022

Older Black Adults Disproportionately Exit Homelessness to Incarceration, While Older White Adults Disproportionately Receive Permanent Supportive Housing

Budget Control Act Severely Constrained Annual HUD Appropriations

Fact of the Week: Renters in Neighborhoods of Color More Likely to Have Rental Arrears and Apply for and Receive ERA Than Applicants in Mostly White Neighborhoods