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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 8, 2020

Plurality of Renters Reporting Housing Insecurity Earn Less than $25,000 a Year

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing Pulse Survey, July 16-21.

August 31, 2020

In Gulf Coast Metro Areas, 3 in 10 Extremely Low-Income Renters Lack Access to a Vehicle for Evacuation

Source: American Community Survey PUMS, 2018.

August 24, 2020

Most COVID-19 Rental Assistance Programs Target Low-Income Households

Source: NLIHC COVID-19 Rental Assistance Database.

August 17, 2020

Racial Unemployment Gap Widens during COVID-19 Pandemic

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Situation Summary, August 7, 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

Plurality of Renters Reporting Housing Insecurity Earn Less than $25,000 a Year

In Gulf Coast Metro Areas, 3 in 10 Extremely Low-Income Renters Lack Access to a Vehicle for Evacuation

Most COVID-19 Rental Assistance Programs Target Low-Income Households

Racial Unemployment Gap Widens during COVID-19 Pandemic