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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.

July 5, 2022

One in Four Renters with Extremely Low Incomes Experienced an Increase in Monthly Rent of at least $100

Source: Household Pulse Survey Week 46: June 1-13, 2022, U.S. Census Bureau.

June 27, 2022

Significant Increase in High-Income Renter Households May Further Limit Affordable Options for Low-Income Renters

Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies, "The State of the Nation's Housing 2022," 2022, https://bit.ly/3zVCexL.

June 21, 2022

Emergency Rental Assistance Addresses Renters’ Financial, Mental Health, & Food Security Needs

Source: Airgood-Obrycki, W. (2022.) The Short-Term Benefits of Emergency Rental Assistance. Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. https://tinyurl.com/44vxudny

June 13, 2022

Preventing Homelessness is Most Commonly Cited Goal among Emergency Rental Assistance Programs

Note: Emergency rental assistance program administrators could identify more than one goal. Source: Aiken, C., Gould Ellen, I., Harner, I., Haupert, T., Reina, V., Yae, R. (2022). Can Emergency Rental Assistance Be Designed to Prevent Homelessness? Learning from Emergency Rental Assistance…

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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

One in Four Renters with Extremely Low Incomes Experienced an Increase in Monthly Rent of at least $100

Significant Increase in High-Income Renter Households May Further Limit Affordable Options for Low-Income Renters

Emergency Rental Assistance Addresses Renters’ Financial, Mental Health, & Food Security Needs

Preventing Homelessness is Most Commonly Cited Goal among Emergency Rental Assistance Programs