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February 5, 2018

Fact of the Week: Number of Low-Cost Rental Homes Declined while High-Cost Rentals Surged from 2006 to 2016

Memo to Members

Source: Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, America’s Rental Housing 2017, www.jchs.harvard.edu. All rights reserved. An interactive chart for U.S. and metro areas is available at: http://bit…

January 29, 2018

Fact of the Week: Mayors Cite Lack of State or Federal Funds as Biggest Obstacle to Addressing Need for Affordable Housing

Memo to Members

Source:  Boston University Initiative on Cities. (2018) Menino Survey of Mayors: 2017. Boston, MA

January 22, 2018

Fact of the Week: Poor Households with Severe Housing Cost Burdens Face Greater Housing Instability

Memo to Members

Source: American Housing Survey, 2013

January 16, 2018

Fact of the Week: Small Area Fair Market Rents Increase Affordable Units in High-Rent Neighborhoods

Memo to Members

Source: NYU Furman Center (2018).

January 8, 2018

Fact of the Week: School-Age Children in Renter Households Exposed to Asthma Triggers at Significantly Higher Rates than in Homeowner Households

Memo to Members

Source: Urban Institute, Analysis of the 2015 American Housing Survey.

December 18, 2017

Fact of the Week: Over 80% of Lowest Income Households Suffer Housing Cost Burdens

Memo to Members

Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. (2017). America’s Rental Housing 2017. Cambridge, MA: Author.

December 11, 2017

Fact of the Week: Significant Increase in People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness in 2017

Memo to Members

Source: HUD. (2017). The 2017 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress. Washington, DC: Author.

December 4, 2017

Fact of the Week: Large Share of FEMA Registrants in Puerto Rico Live in Deep Poverty

Memo to Members

Source: FEMA Housing Assistance Data (10/29/2017); 2011-15 American Community Survey

November 30, 2017

Take Action: Call Your Senators ASAP TODAY to Oppose the GOP Tax Reform Bill

Call to Action

The Senate will vote as soon as later today on tax reform legislation that puts federal investments in affordable housing at risk of deep cuts – in future discretionary spending and through…

November 13, 2017

Fact of the Week: Most of the Benefit of the Mortgage Interest Deduction Goes to Higher Income Households

Memo to Members

Source: Joint Committee on Taxation. (2017). Estimates of Federal Tax Expenditures for Fiscal Years 2016-2020. Table 3.

November 6, 2017

Fact of the Week: In Most States and Counties, Fewer than 3% of Mortgages Exceed $500,000

Memo to Members

Source: NLIHC analysis of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data on mortgages originated during 2013 and 2014.

October 30, 2017

Fact of the Week: Large Share of TX Renters Requesting FEMA Assistance Come from Higher Poverty Areas

Memo to Members

Source: FEMA Housing Assistance Data (10/23/2017); 2011-2015 American Community Survey.

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