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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…

December 18, 2017

Fact of the Week: Over 80% of Lowest Income Households Suffer Housing Cost Burdens

Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. (2017). America’s Rental Housing 2017. Cambridge, MA: Author.

December 11, 2017

Fact of the Week: Significant Increase in People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness in 2017

Source: HUD. (2017). The 2017 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress. Washington, DC: Author.

December 4, 2017

Fact of the Week: Large Share of FEMA Registrants in Puerto Rico Live in Deep Poverty

Source: FEMA Housing Assistance Data (10/29/2017); 2011-15 American Community Survey

November 20, 2017

Fact of the Week: Housing Credit Opportunity Provision Decreased Concentration of Projects in High-Poverty Neighborhoods in San Antonio

Source: Water, R., Wang, R., Jones, S. (2017). Comparing opportunity metrics and locational outcomes in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program. Journal of Planning Education and Research: http://bit.ly/2zkga1U

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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: Over 80% of Lowest Income Households Suffer Housing Cost Burdens

Fact of the Week: Significant Increase in People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness in 2017

Fact of the Week: Large Share of FEMA Registrants in Puerto Rico Live in Deep Poverty

Fact of the Week: Housing Credit Opportunity Provision Decreased Concentration of Projects in High-Poverty Neighborhoods in San Antonio