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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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In Most States & Territories, Affordability Restrictions on Thousands of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Homes will Expire by 2030

Source: 2026 National Housing Preservation Database

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NLIHC’s Renter Survey Finds 3 out of 4 Movers Reported that a Low or No Credit Score Was a Difficulty in Renting a New Home

Source: NLIHC 2025 National Renter Survey report, available at https://nlihc.org/national-renter-survey

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Nearly a Third of Veterans with Disabilities are Housing Cost-Burdened, Compared to a Fifth of Veterans without Disabilities

Note: Analysis was limited to noninstitutionalized adults aged 18 through 64 who did not live in group quarters. Source: Exhibit 1.2 from Pasciuti et al. (2026) Veterans and…

April 2, 2018

Fact of the Week: Despite Strong Gains in FY18, Most HUD Programs Have Lost Ground since FY10

Source: NLIHC analysis of federal appropriations enacted by Congress

March 26, 2018

Fact of the Week: Eight Million of Lowest Income Households in the U.S. Are Severely Housing Cost Burdened

Cost Burden = households spending more than 30% of their income on housing. Severely Cost Burden = households spending more than 50% of their income on housing. Source: NLIHC’s The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, 2018 at: http://nlihc.org/gap

March 12, 2018

Fact of the Week: Increases in Minimum Wages Correspond to Greater Wage Growth for Lowest Income Workers

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata. See: http://bit.ly/2DbzITd

March 5, 2018

Fact of the Week: Higher Percentages of Black and Hispanic Renter Households Are Extremely Low Income

Extremely low income households have incomes at or below the poverty level or 30% of their area median income. Source: NLIHC tabulation of 2016 ACS PUMS.

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Facts of the Week

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

In Most States & Territories, Affordability Restrictions on Thousands of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Homes will Expire by 2030

NLIHC’s Renter Survey Finds 3 out of 4 Movers Reported that a Low or No Credit Score Was a Difficulty in Renting a New Home

Nearly a Third of Veterans with Disabilities are Housing Cost-Burdened, Compared to a Fifth of Veterans without Disabilities

Fact of the Week: Despite Strong Gains in FY18, Most HUD Programs Have Lost Ground since FY10

Fact of the Week: Eight Million of Lowest Income Households in the U.S. Are Severely Housing Cost Burdened

Fact of the Week: Increases in Minimum Wages Correspond to Greater Wage Growth for Lowest Income Workers

Fact of the Week: Higher Percentages of Black and Hispanic Renter Households Are Extremely Low Income