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June 15, 2015

Fact of the Week: Five Most Expensive States for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Recipients

Memo to Members

At Statewide Average Fair Market Rents, Percent of SSI Income Consumed by Rent Source: Technical Assistance Collaborative (2015). Priced Out in 2014. Retrieved from: http://www.tacinc.…

June 8, 2015

Fact of the Week: Of Apartments Available on the Market in Last Five Years, No More than 11% Affordable to Low Income* Renters

Memo to Members

* Households earning incomes at the 25th percentile of incomes for all renter households in each metropolitan area were referred to as “low income renters” for the purposes of this study. Source:…

September 17, 2018

Fact of the Week: Poverty Highest in Rural Areas and Major Metro Areas

Memo to Members

Source: US Census Bureau. (2018). Income and Poverty in the United States: 2017. Washington, DC.

September 10, 2018

Fact of the Week: Major Loss of Section 515 Rural Multifamily Housing Properties Projected in Coming Decades

Memo to Members

Source: Housing Assistance Council. (2018). Rental Housing for a 21st Century Rural America. https://bit.ly/2M8v8cH

September 4, 2018

Take Action! Send a Letter to Congress to Support Bipartisan Housing Task Force

Call to Action, Memo to Members

On August 27, the Opportunity Starts at Home campaign issued its first Call to Action about a specific piece of legislation.  The campaign calls on advocates to urge Congress to support the “…

September 4, 2018

Fact of the Week: Section 8 and Public Housing Households Much More Likely to Live Near Poorest Performing Schools

Memo to Members

Source: Ellen, I.G., Horn, K. (2018). Housing and education opportunity: Characteristics of schools near families with federal housing assistance. Retrieved from: https://bit.ly/2LFRQJ0

August 27, 2018

Fact of the Week: Landlords Deny Housing Choice Vouchers at High Rates, Especially in Cities without Protections

Memo to Members

Source: Urban Institute. (2018). A Pilot Study of Landlord Acceptance of Housing Choice Vouchers: Executive Summary.

August 20, 2018

Fact of the Week: Racial and Ethnic Diversity of Severely Housing Cost-Burdened Renters Varies Significantly by Income

Memo to Members

Source: NLIHC tabulation of 2016 ACS PUMS.

August 13, 2018

Fact of the Week: In NYC Homeless Shelters, 45% of Single Adults and 38% of Adults in Families Work

Source: Metraux, S., Fargo, J., Eng, N.,and Culhane, D. (2018). Employment and earnings trajectories during two decades among adults in New York City Homeless Shelters. Retrieved from https://bit.…

August 6, 2018

Fact of the Week: Lowest Income Households Constitute the Greatest Share of Housing Cost-Burdened Renters

Source: NLIHC tabulation of 2016 ACS PUMS.

July 30, 2018

Fact of the Week: Modest Two-Bedroom Rental Apartments Out of Reach for Low-Wage Workers throughout the Country

Source: NLIHC’s Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing, 2018

July 23, 2018

Fact of the Week: Renters Vote at Significantly Lower Rates than Homeowners

Source: November 2006-2016 Current Population Survey data.

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