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September 21, 2015

Fact of the Week: Poverty Rates by Age and Sex: 2014

Memo to Members

Source: DeNavas-Walt, Carmen and Bernadette D. Proctor. (2015). Income and Poverty in the United States: 2014. Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau.

September 14, 2015

Fact of the Week: Wage Declines for the 10 Largest, Low Wage Occupations, 2009 to 2014

Memo to Members

Source: National Employment Law Project. (2015). Occupational Wage Declines Since the Great Recession: Low-Wage Occupations See Largest Real Wage Declines. Retrieved from http://bit…

September 8, 2015

Fact of the Week: Factors Associated with High Rates of Child Poverty in Rural Counties

Memo to Members

From Understanding the Geography of Growth in Rural Child Poverty is available at http://1.usa.gov/1K5pZ0W. 

August 17, 2015

Fact of the Week: Percent of Poor Living in High-Poverty Neighborhoods on the Rise

Memo to Members

Note: A high-poverty neighborhood is defined as a census tract with a poverty rate of at least 40%. Source: Jargowsky, P. (2015). Architecture of Segregation: Civil Unrest, the Concentration of…

August 10, 2015

Fact of the Week: Three in Five Adults Experience Poverty by Age 60

Memo to Members

Source: Rank, M. and Hirschl, T. (2015). The Likelihood of Experiencing Relative Poverty over the Life Course. PLOS ONE. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/1TeY6d0

August 3, 2015

Fact of the Week: Veteran Households Headed by Single Mothers Likely to Be Poor, Have Housing Cost Burden

Memo to Members

Source: National Housing Conference (July 2015). Housing and Services Needs of Our Changing Veteran Population. Retrieved from: http://bit.ly/1OKBTg8

July 27, 2015

Fact of the Week: Family-Occupied Properties Compose 75% of Opt-Outs between 2005 and 2014

Memo to Members

Opt-ins: owner made an active decision to renew project-based Section 8 rental contract Opt-outs: owner made an active decision to stop renewal of project based Section 8 rental contract Source:…

July 20, 2015

Fact of the Week: Significant Growth in Renters Expected in Next Two Decades

Memo to Members

Source: Urban Institute (July 2015). Headship and Homeownership: What does the Future Hold? Washington D.C.: Author. Retrieved from: http://www.urban.org/research/publication/headship-and-…

July 13, 2015

Fact of the Week: Emergency Shelter Most Costly Homelessness Intervention

Memo to Members

Source: Gubits, D., Shinn, M., et al. (2015). Family Options Study: Short Term Impacts of Housing and Services Interventions for Homeless Families. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Housing and…

July 6, 2015

Fact of the Week: Family Conflict Top Reason for LGBQ and Transgender Youth Homelessness

Memo to Members

Source: Choi, S., Wilson, B., et al. (June 2015). Serving our Youth 2015: The Needs and Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth Experiencing Homelessness. Los…

June 29, 2015

Fact of the Week: Lowest Income Renter Households Far More Likely to Face Severe Housing Cost Burden than Renters of All Income Levels in 2013*

Memo to Members

*Across the ten highest-cost housing metropolitan areas. Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies (2015, June 24). The State of the Nation’s Housing 2015. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Author.…

June 22, 2015

Fact of the Week: Counties with the Greatest Loss of Adequate, Affordable, and Available Housing for Extremely Low Income (ELI)* Renter Households, 2011-2013

Memo to Members

*Extremely low income households have incomes of no more than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI). Source: Urban Institute (June 2015). The Housing Affordability Gap for Extremely Low Income Renters…

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