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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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Two Million Children in Families at Risk of Housing Instability under Administration’s Proposed Rental Assistance Time Limits: One-Third Reside in Six States

Note: Counts include households receiving Housing Choice Vouchers, Project-Based Rental Assistance, and Public Housing that do not include a senior or person with a…

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Even Average Renter Wages Are Unable to Afford a Modest One Bedroom Rental Home

Source: NLIHC Out of Reach 2025

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Estimated Number of People Impacted by Insufficient Funding for Housing Voucher Program Based on Current House and Senate Appropriations Bills, by Demographic Category 

Note: Estimates for children, older adults, and people with disabilities are not mutually exclusive. Older adults include individuals aged 62 or older.  Source…

May 2, 2022

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.

April 25, 2022

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

Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2020 5-Year ACS PUMS Data

April 18, 2022

Just 55% of Renters Voted in 2020 National Election Compared to 71% of Homeowners

Source: November 2010-2020 Current Population Survey data

April 11, 2022

Fact of the Week: Fewer Than 25% of Very Low-Income Households Receive HUD Assistance

Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, “Characteristics of HUD-Assisted Renters and Their Units in 2019,” 2021.

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Facts of the Week

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

Two Million Children in Families at Risk of Housing Instability under Administration’s Proposed Rental Assistance Time Limits: One-Third Reside in Six States

Even Average Renter Wages Are Unable to Afford a Modest One Bedroom Rental Home

Estimated Number of People Impacted by Insufficient Funding for Housing Voucher Program Based on Current House and Senate Appropriations Bills, by Demographic Category

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

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

Just 55% of Renters Voted in 2020 National Election Compared to 71% of Homeowners

Fact of the Week: Fewer Than 25% of Very Low-Income Households Receive HUD Assistance