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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…

August 30, 2021

Over Half of Renters Currently Behind Have Not Yet Applied for Assistance, Showing Need for Greater Outreach and Simplified Applications

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Household Pulse Survey, Week 34 (July 21-August 2).

August 23, 2021

Nine of 10 Severely Cost-Burdened Renters Have Extremely or Very Low Incomes

Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2019 ACS PUMS data.

August 16, 2021

Eighteen State Emergency Rental Assistance Programs Have Disbursed Less Than 5% of Initial Funding

Sources: (1) U.S. Department of the Treasury's Emergency Rental Assistance Program Monthly Compliance Report and Quarterly Reports, (2) publicly available data from program dashboards, (3) data from communications with program administrators and advocates, and (4) news articles. Visit https://…

August 9, 2021

Fact of the Week: Nine in Ten Renter Households are in Counties with High or Substantial Rates of COVID-19 Transmission

Source: CDC COVID Data Tracker and 2015-2019 American Community Survey.

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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

Over Half of Renters Currently Behind Have Not Yet Applied for Assistance, Showing Need for Greater Outreach and Simplified Applications

Nine of 10 Severely Cost-Burdened Renters Have Extremely or Very Low Incomes

Eighteen State Emergency Rental Assistance Programs Have Disbursed Less Than 5% of Initial Funding

Fact of the Week: Nine in Ten Renter Households are in Counties with High or Substantial Rates of COVID-19 Transmission