Minority Households More Likely to Face Unaffordable Rents

Percentage of Households Unable to Afford Two-Bedroom Fair Market Rent (FMR), by Race

Race            Percentage Unable to Afford

Hispanic                         46%
Black                              48%
Non-Hispanic white        23%
Asian                              23%

Source: Mathema, S. (2013, March). PRRAC’s Analysis of NLIHC’s Out of Reach Report. http://www.prrac.org/pdf/PRRAC_OutofReach.pdf