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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

August 19, 2019

Fact of the Week: African American and Latino Households are Disproportionately Severely Housing Cost-Burdened

August 12, 2019

Fact of the Week: Over 90% of Lowest-Income Households are Seniors, People with Disabilities, Caregivers, or in the Labor Force or School

Source: NLIHC’s The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, 2019. Data from 2017 ACS PUMS.

August 5, 2019

Fact of the Week: Percent of People Who Think Housing Affordability is a Serious Problem Has Grown Dramatically Throughout the U.S.

Source: NLIHC’s Opportunity Starts at Home Public Opinion Polling on Housing Affordability conducted by Hart Research, March 28, 2019.

July 29, 2019

Fact of the Week: Housing-Insecure Adults Have Lower Rates of Access to Health Care and Greater Rates of Chronic Conditions

Source: Martin, P. et. al. (2019). Adults with Housing Insecurity Have Worse Access to Primary and Preventive Care. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 32(4): 521-530.

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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: African American and Latino Households are Disproportionately Severely Housing Cost-Burdened

Fact of the Week: Over 90% of Lowest-Income Households are Seniors, People with Disabilities, Caregivers, or in the Labor Force or School

Fact of the Week: Percent of People Who Think Housing Affordability is a Serious Problem Has Grown Dramatically Throughout the U.S.

Fact of the Week: Housing-Insecure Adults Have Lower Rates of Access to Health Care and Greater Rates of Chronic Conditions