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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

July 22, 2019

Fact of the Week: Because Black and Latinx Households Are Paid Less than Whites, They Cannot Afford Rents Even at Higher Wage Percentiles

Source: NLIHC’s Out of Reach 2019. Housing wages based on HUD fair market rents. The hourly wages by percentile from the Economic Policy Institute State of Working America Data Library 2018. Adjusted to 2019 dollars.

July 15, 2019

Fact of the Week: High-Growth Metro Areas Experience Greatest Share of Loss of Multifamily Rentals Affordable to Very Low-Income Households

Source: Freddie Mac Multifamily Research Center 2019.

July 1, 2019

Fact of the Week: Rents Are Out of Reach, Especially for Renters with the Lowest Incomes

Source: NLIHC’s Out of Reach 2019.

June 24, 2019

Fact of the Week: Costs of Major Weather and Climate Events Has Grown Dramatically in Last Four Decades

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. (2019). U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters

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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: Because Black and Latinx Households Are Paid Less than Whites, They Cannot Afford Rents Even at Higher Wage Percentiles

Fact of the Week: High-Growth Metro Areas Experience Greatest Share of Loss of Multifamily Rentals Affordable to Very Low-Income Households

Fact of the Week: Rents Are Out of Reach, Especially for Renters with the Lowest Incomes

Fact of the Week: Costs of Major Weather and Climate Events Has Grown Dramatically in Last Four Decades