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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 1, 2018

Fact of the Week: Households Living in Poverty Have Significantly Less Access to a Vehicle for Disaster Evacuation

September 24, 2018

Fact of the Week: High Percentage of Severely Housing Cost-Burdened Extremely Low Income Renter Households throughout the U.S.

September 17, 2018

Fact of the Week: Poverty Highest in Rural Areas and Major Metro Areas

Source: US Census Bureau. (2018). Income and Poverty in the United States: 2017. Washington, DC.

September 10, 2018

Fact of the Week: Major Loss of Section 515 Rural Multifamily Housing Properties Projected in Coming Decades

Source: Housing Assistance Council. (2018). Rental Housing for a 21st Century Rural America. https://bit.ly/2M8v8cH

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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: Households Living in Poverty Have Significantly Less Access to a Vehicle for Disaster Evacuation

Fact of the Week: High Percentage of Severely Housing Cost-Burdened Extremely Low Income Renter Households throughout the U.S.

Fact of the Week: Poverty Highest in Rural Areas and Major Metro Areas

Fact of the Week: Major Loss of Section 515 Rural Multifamily Housing Properties Projected in Coming Decades