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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

April 23, 2018

Fact of the Week: Lowest Income Households are the Most Severely Housing Cost-Burdened

Source: NLIHC tabulations of 1-year American Community Survey PUMS data.

April 16, 2018

Fact of the Week: Nine in Ten Severely Housing Cost-Burdened Extremely Low Income Renter Households are Seniors, People with Disabilities, Care Givers, or Involved in Labor Force or School

Source: NLIHC’s The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, 2018.

April 9, 2018

Fact of the Week: Homelessness Victimizes Black People Disproportionately

Source: SPARC. (2018). Phase One Study Findings. Needham, MA: Center for Social Innovation.

April 2, 2018

Fact of the Week: Despite Strong Gains in FY18, Most HUD Programs Have Lost Ground since FY10

Source: NLIHC analysis of federal appropriations enacted by Congress

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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: Lowest Income Households are the Most Severely Housing Cost-Burdened

Fact of the Week: Nine in Ten Severely Housing Cost-Burdened Extremely Low Income Renter Households are Seniors, People with Disabilities, Care Givers, or Involved in Labor Force or School

Fact of the Week: Homelessness Victimizes Black People Disproportionately

Fact of the Week: Despite Strong Gains in FY18, Most HUD Programs Have Lost Ground since FY10