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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…

July 10, 2017

Fact of The Week: Range of Factors Affect Homeownership Gap between Whites and Hispanics

Source: Freddie Mac. (2017). Will the Hispanic Homeownership Gap Persist? Retrieved from: http://bit.ly/2uiW5lq

July 3, 2017

Fact of the Week: Lowest Income Severely Rent-Burdened Households Have Greatest Food Insecurity

June 26, 2017

Fact of The Week: High-Cost Rental Units Increase, Low-Cost Rental Units Decline over Last 10 Years

Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. (2017). The State of the Nation’s Housing. Cambridge, MA: Author. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/1kKwpkW

June 19, 2017

Fact of the Week: Rents Are Out of Reach for Many

Source: NLIHC calculation of a national weighted-average Fair Market Rent; NLIHC calculation of affordable rent for average renter wage based on Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) QCEW, 2015 adjusted to 2017 dollars; and Social Security Administration, 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: Range of Factors Affect Homeownership Gap between Whites and Hispanics

Fact of the Week: Lowest Income Severely Rent-Burdened Households Have Greatest Food Insecurity

Fact of The Week: High-Cost Rental Units Increase, Low-Cost Rental Units Decline over Last 10 Years

Fact of the Week: Rents Are Out of Reach for Many