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April 4, 2016

Fact of the Week: Percent Change in Renter Population and Rental Housing Stock: 2006-2014

Memo to Members

Source: Ellen, I. G. Karfunkel, B. (2016). Renting in America’s Largest Metropolitan Areas. New York City: NYU Furman Center and Capital One. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/1UxBuEz

March 28, 2016

Fact of the Week: Rental Units and Renters in the US, Matched by Affordability and Income Categories, 2014

Memo to Members

Source: NLIHC Tabulations of 2014 ACS PUMS Data.

December 21, 2015

Fact of The Week: Impact of On-Site Services on HUD-Assisted Senior Housing Residents

Memo to Members

Source: LeadingAge and The Lewin Group (2015). Affordable Senior Housing Plus Services: What’s the Value? Washington, DC.

December 7, 2015

Fact of The Week: Percent of Workforce by State That Would Benefit from $12 Federal Minimum Wage

Memo to Members

Source: Economic Policy Institute (2015). Raising the minimum wage to $12 by 2020 would lift wages for 35 million American workers. Washington, DC: Author.

November 23, 2015

Fact of The Week: Number of Homeless by Shelter Status, 2007-2015

Memo to Members

Source: Henry, M., et al. (2015). The 2015 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress: November 2015. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

November 16, 2015

Fact of The Week: New Mortgages over $500,000 by County (2012–2014)

Memo to Members

Source: A Rare Occurrence: The Geography and Race of Mortgages Over $500,000 available at: http://nlihc.org/research/rare-occurrence.

November 2, 2015

Fact of The Week: Share of Voucher Households Feeling Safe at Night in their Neighborhood

Memo to Members

Source: Pendall, R., et al. (2015). Driving to Opportunities: Voucher Users, Cars, and Movement to Sustainable Neighborhoods. Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research. Vol 17(2), p.…

October 26, 2015

Fact of the Week: TANF Benefits as Percentage of Monthly Income Needed to Afford 2-Bedroom Fair Market Rent

Memo to Members

Note: TANF benefits for a single-parent family of three as of July 2015.  Source: Floyd, Ife and Liz Schott. (2015). TANF Cash Benefits Have Fallen by More Than 20 Percent in Most States and…

October 19, 2015

Fact of the Week: HUD-Assisted Housing in Walkable Neighborhoods, but also Compromised Quality

Memo to Members

Note: Compromised quality is the combination of poor quality school within ½ mile, home values below the area median, and high rate (40% or more) of African-American or Hispanic segregation.…

October 13, 2015

Fact of the Week: Increases in Supplemental Poverty Rates When Specific Assistance is Removed

Memo to Members

Source: Short, Kathleen (2015). The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2014. United States Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.

October 5, 2015

Fact of the Week: Percentage of U.S. Renter Households by Income Spending More than 30% of Income on Housing

Memo to Members

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates

September 28, 2015

Fact of the Week: Severely Cost Burdened Renter Households, Actual and Projected in 2025

Memo to Members

Source: Enterprise Community Partners and Join Center for Housing Studies (2015). Projecting Trends in Severely Cost-Burdened Renters: 2015-2025.  Retrieved from http://bit.ly/1WeclwG

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