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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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Decline in Homelessness Between 2024 and 2025 Driven by Decrease in Major Cities

Note: Persons experiencing homelessness include those living in emergency shelters, transition housing, safe havens, and locations not meant for human habitation. Source:…

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Renter Households that Include a Person with a Disability Experience Higher Rates of Housing Quality Issues Compared to Non-Disability Renter Households

Note: Disability households have at least one member with a disability. Source: Trivedi, K. & Brucker, D. L. (2026). Federal rental assistance and housing outcomes…

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The Majority of People Who Could Lose Housing Assistance Under HUD’s Proposed Work Requirements and Time Limits are in Working Households

Note: Working households mean households with at least one member reporting wage income. Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “Nearly 3.7 Million People at…

March 16, 2020

The Gap: Just 36 Affordable and Available Homes for Every 100 Extremely Low-Income U.S. Households

Source: NLIHC’s The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, 2020. NLIHC tabulations of 2018 ACS PUMS data.

March 9, 2020

Highest and Lowest Shares of Housing Cost-Burdened Renter Households by Occupation: Dramatically Higher for Low-Wage Occupations

Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies, America’s Rental Housing (2020). Tabuliations from 2018 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates.

March 2, 2020

Rent Cost Increases Since 2013 Outpace Other Basic Household Expenses

Source: BLS, Consumer Price Index (2020), annual average for all urban consumers in US. City average, not seasonally adjusted.

February 24, 2020

Number of Veterans Experiencing Homelessness Fell Dramatically Since 2009

Source: HUD, Annual Homeless Assessment Report (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

Decline in Homelessness Between 2024 and 2025 Driven by Decrease in Major Cities

Renter Households that Include a Person with a Disability Experience Higher Rates of Housing Quality Issues Compared to Non-Disability Renter Households

The Majority of People Who Could Lose Housing Assistance Under HUD’s Proposed Work Requirements and Time Limits are in Working Households

The Gap: Just 36 Affordable and Available Homes for Every 100 Extremely Low-Income U.S. Households

Highest and Lowest Shares of Housing Cost-Burdened Renter Households by Occupation: Dramatically Higher for Low-Wage Occupations

Rent Cost Increases Since 2013 Outpace Other Basic Household Expenses

Number of Veterans Experiencing Homelessness Fell Dramatically Since 2009