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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…

September 27, 2021

Emergency Rental Assistance Program Reaches Nearly 1.4 Million Renters

Source: U.S. Department of Treasury, Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERA1) Interim Report, January 1 – August 31, 2021

September 20, 2021

Stimulus Payments Kept 11.7 Million Individuals Out of Poverty in 2020

Source: US Census Bureau (2021). The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2020.

September 13, 2021

Fewer than Half of Emergency Rental Assistance Applicants Have Received Assistance, Many More Behind on Rent

Sources: (1) Household Pulse Survey Week 35: August 4 - August 16, 2021, U.S. Census Bureau; (2) Emergency Rental Assistance Monthly Compliance Report: July 1- 31, 2021, U.S. Department of the Treasury

September 7, 2021

7.5 Million Unemployed Workers Lose Pandemic Unemployment Insurance Benefits

Source: Stettner, A. (2021). “7.5 Million Workers Face Devastating Unemployment Benefits Cliff This Labor Day.” The Century Foundation.

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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

Emergency Rental Assistance Program Reaches Nearly 1.4 Million Renters

Stimulus Payments Kept 11.7 Million Individuals Out of Poverty in 2020

Fewer than Half of Emergency Rental Assistance Applicants Have Received Assistance, Many More Behind on Rent

7.5 Million Unemployed Workers Lose Pandemic Unemployment Insurance Benefits