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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…

January 9, 2017

Fact of the Week: Most Female-Headed Households with Vouchers Live in Distressed Neighborhoods

Source: Schwartz, A., McClure, K., & Taghavi, L. (2016). Vouchers and neighborhood distress: The unrealized potential for families with Housing Choice Vouchers to reside in neighborhoods with low levels of distress. Cityscape, 18(3): 207 – 227.

December 19, 2016

Fact of the Week: Growth in Older Households with a Disability from 2015 to 2035

Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. (2016.) Projections & Implications for Housing a Growing Population: Older Households 2015-2035. Cambridge, MA: Author.

December 12, 2016

Fact of the Week: Number of Beneficiaries of Mortgage Interest Tax Break

Source: Tax Policy Center, 2016.

December 5, 2016

Fact of the Week: Sheltered and Unsheltered Homeless Veterans

Source: The 2016 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress, 2007 – 2016 Point-in-Time Estimates by States.

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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: Most Female-Headed Households with Vouchers Live in Distressed Neighborhoods

Fact of the Week: Growth in Older Households with a Disability from 2015 to 2035

Fact of the Week: Number of Beneficiaries of Mortgage Interest Tax Break

Fact of the Week: Sheltered and Unsheltered Homeless Veterans