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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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Decline in Homelessness Between 2024 and 2025 Driven by Decrease in Major Cities

Note: Persons experiencing homelessness include those living in emergency shelters, transition housing, safe havens, and locations not meant for human habitation. Source:…

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Renter Households that Include a Person with a Disability Experience Higher Rates of Housing Quality Issues Compared to Non-Disability Renter Households

Note: Disability households have at least one member with a disability. Source: Trivedi, K. & Brucker, D. L. (2026). Federal rental assistance and housing outcomes…

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The Majority of People Who Could Lose Housing Assistance Under HUD’s Proposed Work Requirements and Time Limits are in Working Households

Note: Working households mean households with at least one member reporting wage income. Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “Nearly 3.7 Million People at…

February 5, 2018

Fact of the Week: Number of Low-Cost Rental Homes Declined while High-Cost Rentals Surged from 2006 to 2016

Source: Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, America’s Rental Housing 2017, www.jchs.harvard.edu. All rights reserved. An interactive chart for U.S. and metro areas is available at: http://bit.ly/2DVsELA

January 29, 2018

Fact of the Week: Mayors Cite Lack of State or Federal Funds as Biggest Obstacle to Addressing Need for Affordable Housing

Source: Boston University Initiative on Cities. (2018) Menino Survey of Mayors: 2017. Boston, MA

January 22, 2018

Fact of the Week: Poor Households with Severe Housing Cost Burdens Face Greater Housing Instability

Source: American Housing Survey, 2013

January 16, 2018

Fact of the Week: Small Area Fair Market Rents Increase Affordable Units in High-Rent Neighborhoods

Source: NYU Furman Center (2018).

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

Decline in Homelessness Between 2024 and 2025 Driven by Decrease in Major Cities

Renter Households that Include a Person with a Disability Experience Higher Rates of Housing Quality Issues Compared to Non-Disability Renter Households

The Majority of People Who Could Lose Housing Assistance Under HUD’s Proposed Work Requirements and Time Limits are in Working Households

Fact of the Week: Number of Low-Cost Rental Homes Declined while High-Cost Rentals Surged from 2006 to 2016

Fact of the Week: Mayors Cite Lack of State or Federal Funds as Biggest Obstacle to Addressing Need for Affordable Housing

Fact of the Week: Poor Households with Severe Housing Cost Burdens Face Greater Housing Instability

Fact of the Week: Small Area Fair Market Rents Increase Affordable Units in High-Rent Neighborhoods