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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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The Federal Government Pays Over Three Times More in Housing Supports for Homeowners than for Low-Income Renters

Note: SLT = State and local tax deduction on owner-occupied homes. PH = Public Housing. LIHTC = Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. Other = National Housing Trust Fund,…

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Nearly Half of All Federally Assisted Affordable Homes Exposed to Seven or More Extreme Heat Events are Located in the Southeast and Northeast Regions

Note: Data includes extreme heat alerts between May 1 and October 31 from the National Weather Service. Federally assisted affordable housing includes: public…

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Children Accounted for Nearly 40% of the 7.6 Million Individuals Evicted From 2007 to 2016

Source: Graetz, N., Gershenson, C., Hepburn, P., Porter, S. R., Sandler, D. H., & Desmond, M. (2023). A comprehensive demographic profile of the US evicted population. Proceedings of the National…

September 11, 2017

Fact of The Week: Katrina Tops List of Ten Costliest Hurricanes in Continental U.S. Since 1980

Source: National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA. 2017 Dollars

September 5, 2017

Fact of The Week: HUD-Assisted Adults with Disabilities Have Higher Rates of Health Issues

Source: Brucker, D. L, Helms, V., Souza, T. (2017). Health and health services access among adults with disabilities who receive federal housing assistance. Housing Policy Debate, DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2017.1357048.

August 28, 2017

Fact of the Week: U.S. Among OECD Countries with Highest Overburdened Low Income Private Market Renter Households

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Affordable Housing Database, 2017. OECD countries have high income, developed economies.

August 21, 2017

Fact of The Week: Use of Small Area FMRs Increases Number of Rental Homes in Higher Income Areas that Rent Below Fair Market Rents

Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2017)

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Facts of the Week

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

The Federal Government Pays Over Three Times More in Housing Supports for Homeowners than for Low-Income Renters

Nearly Half of All Federally Assisted Affordable Homes Exposed to Seven or More Extreme Heat Events are Located in the Southeast and Northeast Regions

Children Accounted for Nearly 40% of the 7.6 Million Individuals Evicted From 2007 to 2016

Fact of The Week: Katrina Tops List of Ten Costliest Hurricanes in Continental U.S. Since 1980

Fact of The Week: HUD-Assisted Adults with Disabilities Have Higher Rates of Health Issues

Fact of the Week: U.S. Among OECD Countries with Highest Overburdened Low Income Private Market Renter Households

Fact of The Week: Use of Small Area FMRs Increases Number of Rental Homes in Higher Income Areas that Rent Below Fair Market Rents