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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…

June 12, 2017

Fact of The Week: Six of the Seven Occupations with Highest Projected Growth Fail to Provide a Housing Wage

Source: NLIHC calculation of Housing Wage; Employment Projections Program, BLS; May 2016 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, Occupational Employment Statistics, BLS; adjusted to 2017 dollars. www.nlihc.org/oor

June 5, 2017

Fact of The Week: Low and Median Wages Barely Increased Since 1973, While Those at the Top Saw Sizeable Gains

Note: Wages in 2016 dollars. Source: Economic Policy Institute’s State of Working America Data Library

May 30, 2017

Fact of The Week: Why Renters Move

Source: Federal Reserve Board. (2017). Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2016. Washington, DC: Author.

May 22, 2017

Fact of The Week: Rents Outpace Wages and Income, 2007-2015

Source: 1-yr American Community Survey, Economic Policy Institute (2016), dollars adjusted for inflation.

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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: Six of the Seven Occupations with Highest Projected Growth Fail to Provide a Housing Wage

Fact of The Week: Low and Median Wages Barely Increased Since 1973, While Those at the Top Saw Sizeable Gains

Fact of The Week: Why Renters Move

Fact of The Week: Rents Outpace Wages and Income, 2007-2015