Severe Housing Cost Burden for Working Households (in millions)

                            2008        2009        2010        2011        Three Year Change
                                                                                             (2008-2011)   
Working
Households           47.2        46.2        45.1        44.6              -5.5%

With a Severe Cost
Burden                   10.3        10.5        10.6        10.6              +2.9%

Percentage with a Severe
Cost Burden             21.8%        22.8%        23.6%        23.7%       +1.9 percentage pts.

Note: The change in the share of working households with a severe housing cost burden was statistically significant between 2008 and 2011 but not statistically significant between 2010 and 2011.

Source: Brennan, M. and Viveiros, J. (2013). Housing Landscape 2013. Washington, D.C.: Center for Housing Policy. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/YoYXfm