Fact of The Week: Poorest Renter Households at Greatest Risk for Mold
Source: American Housing Survey, 2015
Point of View: Unconscionable and Unacceptable — By Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO
President Donald Trump’s proposed budget shows in stark relief just how entirely and brutally he will break his promises to those “forgotten Americans” who elected him. To increase the military…
Uneven Housing Values Worsen Racial and Income Segregation
A report by Cheryl Young at Trulia, Housing Diversity: What Home Values Say About Inequality, finds a strong correlation between the unevenness of housing values across America’s 100 largest…
Fact of The Week: Administration’s Proposed Elimination of HOME and CDBG Comes after Years of Declining Resources
Source: NLIHC, March 17, 2017. Figures based on FY07-16 enacted funding levels and FY17-18 budget request. Adjusted for inflation.
Fact of The Week: Administration’s Proposed Elimination of HOME and CDBG Comes after Years of Declining Resources
Source: NLIHC, March 17, 2017. Figures based on FY07-16 enacted funding levels and FY17-18 budget request. Adjusted for inflation.
Federal Housing Expenditures Disproportionately Benefit Higher Income Homeowners
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ (CBPP) updated Chart Book: Federal Housing Spending is Poorly Matched to Need continues to show how federal housing expenditures disproportionately benefit…
Fact of The Week: Most Low Income Renters Lack Federal Rental Assistance
Note: Low income households have income at or less than 80 percent of area median income. Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. (2017). Interactive Graphic: Highlighting the 3 Out of 4…
Massive Shortage of Affordable and Available Housing for America’s Lowest Income Households
NLIHC released its new report, The GAP: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, on March 2. The report finds a shortage of 7.4 million affordable and available rental homes for extremely low income (ELI)…
Fact of The Week: Only 35 Affordable and Available Rental Homes Exist for Every 100 Lowest Income Households
AMI=Area Median Income Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2015 ACS PUMS data.
Fact of the Week: Millions of Extremely Low Income Households Cost-Burdened
“Cost Burden” means spending more than 30% of income on housing and utilities. “Severe Cost Burden” means spending more than 50% of income on housing and utilities. “Extremely Low…
Fact of the Week: Mortgage Interest Deduction Expenditures to Grow 41% from 2016-2020
Source: Joint Committee on Taxation. (2017). Estimates of federal tax expenditures for fiscal years 2016-2020. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from https://www.jct.gov/publications.html?func=…