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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…

November 2, 2020

Renters More Likely than Homeowners to Face Pests, Heating Problems, Leaks, and Mold

Source: American Housing Survey, 2019.

October 26, 2020

Renters Much More Likely than Homeowners to Experience Food Insecurity

Source: American Housing Survey, 2019.

October 19, 2020

One in Five Emergency Rental Assistance Programs Utilizes Non-CARES Act Funding

Source: NLIHC COVID-19 Rental Assistance Database.

October 13, 2020

Nearly One-Fourth of People Experiencing Homelessness in Shelters are Children

Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, “The 2018 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress, Part 2: Estimates of Homelessness in the United States,” 2020.

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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

Renters More Likely than Homeowners to Face Pests, Heating Problems, Leaks, and Mold

Renters Much More Likely than Homeowners to Experience Food Insecurity

One in Five Emergency Rental Assistance Programs Utilizes Non-CARES Act Funding

Nearly One-Fourth of People Experiencing Homelessness in Shelters are Children