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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

May 21, 2018

Fact of the Week: Non-Elderly HUD-Assisted Households Get Off Assistance after 4-5 Years on Average

Source: McClure, K. (2017) Length of stay in assisted housing. Washington, DC: HUD

May 14, 2018

Fact of the Week: Lowest Income Renter Households are Disproportionately Seniors and People with Disabilities

Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2016 ACS PUMS data presented in The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes.

May 7, 2018

Fact of the Week: Eight Out of Every Ten HUD-Assisted Households Have Annual Incomes Below $20,000

Source: HUD Picture of Subsidized Households, 2017

April 30, 2018

Fact of the Week: South Carolina, Virginia, and Delaware Lead the Nation in Eviction Rates

Source: The Eviction Lab at Princeton University: https://evictionlab.org/

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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: Non-Elderly HUD-Assisted Households Get Off Assistance after 4-5 Years on Average

Fact of the Week: Lowest Income Renter Households are Disproportionately Seniors and People with Disabilities

Fact of the Week: Eight Out of Every Ten HUD-Assisted Households Have Annual Incomes Below $20,000

Fact of the Week: South Carolina, Virginia, and Delaware Lead the Nation in Eviction Rates