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June 11, 2018

Fact of the Week: U.S. Lags Far Behind Other Developed Countries in Providing Low Income Housing Assistance

Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Affordable Housing Database, 2018

June 4, 2018

Fact of the Week: Large Share of HUD-Assisted Households Have Members with Disabilities

Source: American Housing Survey, 2015.

May 29, 2018

Fact of the Week: Blacks and Hispanics at all Education Levels Disproportionately Unable to Pay Monthly Bills

Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. (2018). Report on the economic well-being of U.S. households in 2017. Washington, DC: Author.

May 21, 2018

Fact of the Week: Non-Elderly HUD-Assisted Households Get Off Assistance after 4-5 Years on Average

Source: McClure, K. (2017) Length of stay in assisted housing. Washington, DC: HUD

May 14, 2018

Fact of the Week: Lowest Income Renter Households are Disproportionately Seniors and People with Disabilities

Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2016 ACS PUMS data presented in The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes.

May 8, 2018

National Low Income Housing Coalition Commends Advocacy Organizations for Filing Fair Housing Lawsuit Against HUD

Washington, DC - The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) commends the National Fair Housing Alliance, the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service, and Texas Appleseed for filing a…

February 13, 2017

Fact of the Week: Large Share of HUD-Assisted Households Have a Disability

Memo to Members

Source: Dawkins, C. & Miller, M. (2017). The characteristics and unmet housing program needs of disabled HUD-assisted households. Housing Policy Debate.

February 6, 2017

Fact of the Week: American Indian and Alaska Native Households in Most Urban Areas Have Higher Cost Burdens

Memo to Members

Source: HUD (2017).

January 30, 2017

Fact of the Week: Households in Tribal Areas Face Housing Problems at Much Higher Rate than All U.S. Households

Memo to Members

Source: Source: HUD (2017). Housing needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives in tribal areas: A report from the Assessment of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Housing Needs.…

January 23, 2017

Fact of the Week: Large Numbers of Lowest Income Renters are Housing Unstable

Memo to Members

Source: 2013 American Housing Survey.

January 9, 2017

Fact of the Week: Most Female-Headed Households with Vouchers Live in Distressed Neighborhoods

Memo to Members

Source: Schwartz, A., McClure, K., & Taghavi, L. (2016). Vouchers and neighborhood distress: The unrealized potential for families with Housing Choice Vouchers to reside in neighborhoods with…

December 19, 2016

Fact of the Week: Growth in Older Households with a Disability from 2015 to 2035

Memo to Members

Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. (2016.) Projections & Implications for Housing a Growing Population: Older Households 2015-2035. Cambridge, MA: Author.

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