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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…

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.

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