MAPPING AMERICA'S RENTAL HOUSING CRISIS

Many households struggle to afford a decent, safe place to live. Since 2000, rents have risen while the number of renters needing affordable housing has increased. These two pressures make finding affordable housing even tougher for America’s poorest households.

The data used to create this map were updated on April 27, 2017. See below for details.

HUD Assistance
These data come from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) administrative databases. We consider data from HUD’s administrative systems more complete than the data tabulations from the American Housing Survey that may be used to estimate federal rental assistance. However, the administrative data do not capture certain HUD programs, such as housing assistance programs to Native Americans.
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USDA data for 2000 were unavailable, and are imputed using 2006 and 2012 USDA data.
USDA Assistance
These data come from the US Department of Agriculture’s administrative databases. Data for 2000 were unavailable and are imputed using 2006 and 2012 data.
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Year
2000
2005—'09
2010—'14
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Federal housing assistance data come from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) administrative databases. We consider data come from HUD’s administrative systems more complete than the data tabulations from the American Housing Survey that may be used to estimate federal rental assistance. However, the administrative data do not capture some HUD programs, such as housing assistance programs for Native Americans. Federal rental assistance funded by the US Department of Agriculture is also not included
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LOCATION
ELI RENTER HOUSEHOLDS
Extremely low income (ELI) households earn no more than 30 percent of area median income. The 2014 federal Appropriations Act changed the definition of ELI as of July 1, 2014, to represent the higher of HUD’s 30 percent of income limits or the current federal poverty level. For more information, click here.
UNITS PER 100
The number of adequate, affordable, and available rental units for every 100 extremely low-income renter households.
TOTAL UNITS
The total number of available and adequate rental units in this county affordable to extremely low-income households.