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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…

August 14, 2017

Fact of The Week: Households with Worst Case Housing Needs Increased Across All Family Types from 2013 to 2015

Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (2017). Worst Case Housing Needs: 2017 Report to Congress. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from: http://bit.ly/2ftHf9t

July 31, 2017

Fact of the Week: Racial and Ethnic Minorities Have Much Higher Poverty and Lower Homeownership Rates than Whites

Source: Prosperity Now. (2017). Prosperity Now Scorecard. Retrieved from: http://scorecard.prosperitynow.org/

July 24, 2017

Fact of The Week: President Trump’s Tax Proposals Skewed Heavily to Wealthy

Source: Tax Policy Center. (2017). The Implications of What We Know and Don’t Know About President Trump’s Tax Plan. Washington, DC: Author.

July 17, 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: Households with Worst Case Housing Needs Increased Across All Family Types from 2013 to 2015

Fact of the Week: Racial and Ethnic Minorities Have Much Higher Poverty and Lower Homeownership Rates than Whites

Fact of The Week: President Trump’s Tax Proposals Skewed Heavily to Wealthy

Fact of The Week: House Appropriations Committee Proposes Significant USDA Rural Housing Budget Cuts for FY18