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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…

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).

January 8, 2018

Fact of the Week: School-Age Children in Renter Households Exposed to Asthma Triggers at Significantly Higher Rates than in Homeowner Households

Source: Urban Institute, Analysis of the 2015 American Housing Survey.

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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: 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

Fact of the Week: School-Age Children in Renter Households Exposed to Asthma Triggers at Significantly Higher Rates than in Homeowner Households