“The Gap”: Shortage of 7 Million Affordable Homes for Nation’s Lowest-Income Renters

From the National Low Income Housing Coalition (http://www.nlihc.org): NLIHC released its annual report, The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, which finds a shortage of seven million affordable and available rental homes for extremely low-income renters, those who have incomes … Continued

Lower-Income Renters Spend Nearly Half of Income on Rent

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Posted at http://www.chn.org/2016/04/06/fact-week-lower-income-renters-spend-nearly-h=alf-income-rent/#.VwUiDfkrIdU By Lecia Imbery April 6, 2016 Housing costs traditionally eat up a large portion of most Americans’ budgets. But for lower-income renters, rising housing costs mean even less money is left over to cover everything else.  According to new … Continued