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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…

June 7, 2021

Immigration Concerns Prevent More than 1 in 10 Adults in Low-Income Immigrant Families with Nonpermanent Residents from Accessing Emergency Rental Assistance

Source: Urban Institute, Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey, December 2020.

June 1, 2021

Black and Latino Renters More Likely to Carry Rent Debt during Pandemic

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Household Pulse Survey.

May 24, 2021

Those Laid Off in 2020 Were Already Less Likely to be Financially Stable before Pandemic

Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, “Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2020.”

May 17, 2021

Only 23% of Emergency Rental Assistance Programs Currently Provide Direct-to-Tenant Assistance

Source: NLIHC Treasury Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Dashboard: https://nlihc.org/era-dashboard

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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

Immigration Concerns Prevent More than 1 in 10 Adults in Low-Income Immigrant Families with Nonpermanent Residents from Accessing Emergency Rental Assistance

Black and Latino Renters More Likely to Carry Rent Debt during Pandemic

Those Laid Off in 2020 Were Already Less Likely to be Financially Stable before Pandemic

Only 23% of Emergency Rental Assistance Programs Currently Provide Direct-to-Tenant Assistance