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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…

May 18, 2020

Assisted Renters Likelier than Unassisted Renters to Receive Social Security or Supplemental Security Income

Source: HUD, Characteristics of HUD-Assisted Renters and Their Units in 2017 (2020).

May 11, 2020

Hispanics and Blacks More Affected than Whites by COVID-19 Job Disruptions

Source: Pew Research Center, American Trends Panel, 2020.

May 4, 2020

Lowest-Wage Jobs Are Most Exposed to COVID-19-Related Unemployment

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2020.

April 27, 2020

Majorities of Lower-Income and Hispanic Households Experience Job Loss or Pay Cut Due to COVID-19

Source: Pew Research Center, 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

Assisted Renters Likelier than Unassisted Renters to Receive Social Security or Supplemental Security Income

Hispanics and Blacks More Affected than Whites by COVID-19 Job Disruptions

Lowest-Wage Jobs Are Most Exposed to COVID-19-Related Unemployment

Majorities of Lower-Income and Hispanic Households Experience Job Loss or Pay Cut Due to COVID-19