Fact of the Week: Severely Cost-Burdened Renter Households by Income Group
Source: NLIHC Tabulations of 2014 ACS PUMS Data. Note: Severely cost-burdened households pay more than 50% of their income on rent and utilities. AMI = Area Median Income.
Homelessness and Housing Insecurity among Former Prisoners
A study published in the Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences examines housing insecurity and homelessness among former prisoners. The study found high rates of housing insecurity…
Fact of the Week: Percent of Former Prisoners Experiencing Different Types of Moves Following Reentry (Michigan, 2003-2009)
Source: Herbert, C.W., Morenoff, J.D., & Harding, D.J. (2015). Homelessness and housing insecurity among former prisoners. The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 1(2), 44–…
Fact of the Week: Share of Total Income Received by Top 1%
Source: Economic Policy Institute. (2016). Income inequality in the U.S. by state, metropolitan area, and county. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from http://www.epi.org/files/pdf/107100.pdf
Income Inequality Grows throughout the U.S.
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) released a new report titled Income Inequality in the U.S. by State, Metropolitan Area, and County. The report documents income inequality across the U.S. dating…
Study Finds Little Evidence of LIHTC Impact on Neighborhood Mobility
A new working paper released by the U.S. Census Bureau’s Center for Administrative Records Research and Applications titled The Effect of Low-Income Housing on Neighborhood Mobility: Evidence from…
Point of View—Second Chances Depend on Affordable Homes: By Diane Yentel, President and CEO
(this POV is adapted from an op-ed published in Housing Wire on June 24) Each year, more than 600,000 people are released from federal and state prisons, while roughly 11 million more…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies Releases State of the Nation’s Housing 2016
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University released The State of the Nation’s Housing 2016 on June 22. This year’s report highlights the changing demographics driving the demand for…
Fact of the Week: Extremely Low Income Households Especially at Risk of Eviction
Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. (2016). The State of the Nation’s Housing 2016. Cambridge, MA: Author. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/28QIWIN Notes: Extremely income…
Senate Bill Would Eliminate Nearly All Federal Housing Programs
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the “Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act” (S. 3047) that would eliminate nearly all federal affordable housing programs by consolidating them into a state block…
Survey Finds Widespread Support for Affordable Housing
The MacArthur Foundation released findings from its 2016 How Housing Matters Survey on June 16. Eighty-one percent of respondents believed that housing affordability is a problem, and 68% believed…