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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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Renters with Extremely Low Incomes are Much More Likely than Other Renters to be Severely Housing Cost-Burdened

Source: 2024 ACS PUMS.

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Extremely Low-Income Renters are More Likely to be Seniors, Householders with Disabilities, Households in School, or Single Adult Caregivers

Source: The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, NLIHC 2026. https://nlihc.org/gap  Note: Mutually exclusive categories applied in the following order: senior, disabled, in…

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Extremely Low-Income Renters Represent a Quarter of All Renters, But Are More Than Two Thirds of All Renters with Severe Housing Cost Burdens

Source: The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, NLIHC 2026. https://nlihc.org/gap

September 22, 2025

A Growing Number of U.S. Renters Are Age 65 and Older

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2014 and 2024 1-Year Estimates, Table B25007: Tenure by Age of Householder.

September 15, 2025

Renters Were Much More Likely to Live in Poverty Than Homeowners in 2024

Note: This chart displays supplemental poverty measure (SPM) rates in 2024. SPM takes into account noncash benefits from anti-poverty programs, tax credits, and removes the costs of necessary expenses from income determinations. Source: Emily A. Shrider and Christina…

September 8, 2025

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 disability. Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (July 18, 2025). "Rental Assistance Time Limits Would…

August 18, 2025

Even Average Renter Wages Are Unable to Afford a Modest One Bedroom Rental Home

Source: NLIHC Out of Reach 2025

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Facts of the Week

Metros with Greater Shares of HUD-Assisted Housing Have Lower Rates of Severe Housing Cost Burdens

Renters with Extremely Low Incomes are Much More Likely than Other Renters to be Severely Housing Cost-Burdened

Extremely Low-Income Renters are More Likely to be Seniors, Householders with Disabilities, Households in School, or Single Adult Caregivers

Extremely Low-Income Renters Represent a Quarter of All Renters, But Are More Than Two Thirds of All Renters with Severe Housing Cost Burdens

A Growing Number of U.S. Renters Are Age 65 and Older

Renters Were Much More Likely to Live in Poverty Than Homeowners in 2024

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