Worst Case Housing Needs Increase by 3.5 million from 2001 to 2011

The Change in the Number of Renter Households with Worst Case Housing Needs,* 2001 – 2011
      
                Number                  Change                  % Change
                (in thousands)        (in thousands)        from previous year

2001        5,014                     ----                       ----
2003        5,176                     162                       3.2%
2005        5,992                     816                       15.8%       
2007        5,905                     -87                       -1.5%
2009        7,095                     1,190                    20.2%
2011        8,475                     1,380                    19.5%

*The term “worst case housing needs” is defined as very low income renters with incomes below 50% of the area median income who do not receive government housing assistance and who either paid more than half of their income for rent or lived in severely inadequate conditions, or who faced both of those challenges.

Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (2013). Worst Case Housing Needs 2011: A Summary Report to Congress. Washington, D.C.: Author. http://www.huduser.org/Publications/pdf/HUD-506_WorstCase2011.pdf