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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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Severe Housing Cost Burdens are Common and Widespread for the Lowest-Income Renters but Not for Higher-Income Renters

Note: A household has “severe cost burden” when it spends more than 50% of its income on rent and utilities. Source: 2024 ACS PUMS.

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Efforts to Criminalize Homelessness Negatively Impact Service Providers’ Clients

Source: National Alliance to End Homelessness, Pulse Check Survey (2026). https://endhomelessness.org/resources/research-and-analysis/pulse-check-surveying-the-field-in-uncertain-…

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Renters with Extremely Low Incomes are Much More Likely than Other Renters to be Severely Housing Cost-Burdened

Source: 2024 ACS PUMS.

August 6, 2018

Fact of the Week: Lowest Income Households Constitute the Greatest Share of Housing Cost-Burdened Renters

Source: NLIHC tabulation of 2016 ACS PUMS.

July 30, 2018

Fact of the Week: Modest Two-Bedroom Rental Apartments Out of Reach for Low-Wage Workers throughout the Country

Source: NLIHC’s Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing, 2018

July 23, 2018

Fact of the Week: Renters Vote at Significantly Lower Rates than Homeowners

Source: November 2006-2016 Current Population Survey data.

July 16, 2018

Fact of the Week: Housing Assistance Fails to Keep Up with Need

Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University (2018) The State of the Nation's Housing Washington, DC

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Facts of the Week

Metros with Greater Shares of HUD-Assisted Housing Have Lower Rates of Severe Housing Cost Burdens

Severe Housing Cost Burdens are Common and Widespread for the Lowest-Income Renters but Not for Higher-Income Renters

Efforts to Criminalize Homelessness Negatively Impact Service Providers’ Clients

Renters with Extremely Low Incomes are Much More Likely than Other Renters to be Severely Housing Cost-Burdened

Fact of the Week: Lowest Income Households Constitute the Greatest Share of Housing Cost-Burdened Renters

Fact of the Week: Modest Two-Bedroom Rental Apartments Out of Reach for Low-Wage Workers throughout the Country

Fact of the Week: Renters Vote at Significantly Lower Rates than Homeowners

Fact of the Week: Housing Assistance Fails to Keep Up with Need