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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 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…

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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

October 28, 2019

Fact of the Week: Average Multifamily Rents Much Higher Than Manufactured Housing Rents

Source: Fannie Mae tabulations of American Community Survey Data

September 23, 2019

Fact of the Week: Calls to 911 about People Experiencing Homelessness Grew Dramatically in San Francisco Despite Negligible Growth in Homelessness

September 3, 2019

Fact of the Week: Extremely Low-Income Households are Forced to Rent Homes They Cannot Afford

Source: NLIHC’s The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes 2019. NLIHC tabulations of 2017 ACS PUMS data.

August 26, 2019

Fact of the Week: High and Growing Percentages of Poor Black and Latino Households Live in High-Poverty Neighborhoods

Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies. (2019). State of the Nation’s Housing. Cambridge, MA.

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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 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

Fact of the Week: Average Multifamily Rents Much Higher Than Manufactured Housing Rents

Fact of the Week: Calls to 911 about People Experiencing Homelessness Grew Dramatically in San Francisco Despite Negligible Growth in Homelessness

Fact of the Week: Extremely Low-Income Households are Forced to Rent Homes They Cannot Afford

Fact of the Week: High and Growing Percentages of Poor Black and Latino Households Live in High-Poverty Neighborhoods