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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 10, 2020

People of Color, Low-Income People, Renters with Children Less Able to Pay Rent on Time

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Household Pulse Survey Week 12 (July 16-21).

August 3, 2020

Renters with No Confidence in Paying Next Month’s Rent Borrow from Family, Friends to Meet Spending Needs

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Household Pulse Survey Week 12 (July 16-21).

July 27, 2020

Shortfall between Average Hourly Wage and Housing Wage Greatest in Hawaii, Maryland, and California

Source: NLIHC, Out of Reach 2020.

July 20, 2020

Fact of the Week: Twelve of the Twenty Largest Occupations in the U.S. Pay Less Than the One-Bedroom Housing Wage

Source: NLIHC, Out of Reach 2020. Occupational wages from Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2019 Occupational Employment Statistics, adjusted to 2020 dollars

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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

People of Color, Low-Income People, Renters with Children Less Able to Pay Rent on Time

Renters with No Confidence in Paying Next Month’s Rent Borrow from Family, Friends to Meet Spending Needs

Shortfall between Average Hourly Wage and Housing Wage Greatest in Hawaii, Maryland, and California

Fact of the Week: Twelve of the Twenty Largest Occupations in the U.S. Pay Less Than the One-Bedroom Housing Wage