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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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Sixty-Three Percent of Extremely Low-Income Renters in Puerto Rico Spend Over Half of their Income on Housing

Source: The Gap: Assessing the Affordability and Availability of Rental Housing in Puerto Rico. Data from 2023 PRCS PUMS.

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Extremely Low-Income Renters in Puerto Rico Are More Likely to be Seniors, Householders with Disabilities, Householders in School, or Single Adult Caregivers than Other Renters

Source: 2023 PRCS PUMS Note: Mutually exclusive categories are applied in the following order: senior, disabled, in the labor force, enrolled in school, single-adult caregiver…

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In Puerto Rico, Dominicans are More Likely than Other Ethnic Groups to be Extremely Low-Income Renters

Source: 2023 PRCS PUMS.

July 18, 2022

Construction Quality of Manufactured Housing Has Improved over Time

Source: Urban Institute, “The Role of Manufactured Housing in Increasing the Supply of Affordable Housing.” https://urbn.is/3RA1zUy

July 11, 2022

More than 300,000 Additional People Would Be Helped by Proposed Housing Choice Voucher Expansion

Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “House Bill Would Fund Housing Vouchers and Other Key Investments to Reduce Homelessness, Help With Rising Housing Costs,” https://bit.ly/3bO5pJ3

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.

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Facts of the Week

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

Sixty-Three Percent of Extremely Low-Income Renters in Puerto Rico Spend Over Half of their Income on Housing

Extremely Low-Income Renters in Puerto Rico Are More Likely to be Seniors, Householders with Disabilities, Householders in School, or Single Adult Caregivers than Other Renters

In Puerto Rico, Dominicans are More Likely than Other Ethnic Groups to be Extremely Low-Income Renters

Construction Quality of Manufactured Housing Has Improved over Time

More than 300,000 Additional People Would Be Helped by Proposed Housing Choice Voucher Expansion

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