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THE GAP almost 10,000 mothers found that the infants of mothers who were homeless during pregnancy were at higher risk of low birth weight and pre-term delivery than babies of mothers stably housed (Cutts et al., 2014). THE HOUSING SHORTAGE FOR EXTREMELY LOW-INCOME RENTERS BY STATE No state has an adequate supply of rental housing a ordable and available for extremely low- income households (Figure 7 and Appendix A). e shortage ranges from 5,799 rental homes in Wyoming to more than one million in California. A SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOMES, 2019 22 43 42 53 NC AZ OK TN 43 DC–40 FIGURE 7: RENTAL HOMES AFFORDABLE AND AVAILABLE PER 100 EXTREMELY LOW INCOME RENTER HOUSEHOLDS BY STATE WA 29 AK 37 30 or Fewer Between 31 and 40 Between 41 and 45 More than 45 FL 26 MT ND NH VT 31 ME OR 45 53 MN 28 ID 39 35 52 66 IA NV NE 44 PA 42 CT–38 NJ–33 DE–38 19 UT 39 CA 36CO IL 3537WVVA 25 NM 41 47 AR 46 SC 56 MS AL GA 48 HI 39 TX 29 LA 44 Note: Extremely low income (ELI) renter households have incomes at or below the poverty level or 30% of the area median income. Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2017 ACS PUMS Data. NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION 7 e states where extremely low-income renters face the greatest challenges nding a ordable homes are Nevada, with only 19 a ordable and available rental homes for every 100 extremely low-income renter households, California (22 for every 100 extremely low-income renter households), Arizona (25/100), Florida (26/100), and Oregon (28/100). e states with the greatest relative supply of a ordable and available rental homes for extremely low-income renters still have signi cant shortages. e ve top states are Wyoming, with 66 a ordable and available rental homes for every 100 extremely low- income renter households, Mississippi (64/100), Alabama (62/100), West Virginia (61/100), and Arkansas (56/100). MA–46 WY 48 37 MI 37 RI–54 48 SD WI NY 37 OH IN 43 28 KS MO KY 61 40 MD–33 64 62 39