Most Renters Live in Unaffordable Housing, New Census Data Show

Washington, DC – October 4, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — A majority of U.S. renters lived in unaffordable housing in 2009, according to new data from the 2009 American Community Survey (ACS) released by the Census Bureau on September 28, the result of a continuing rise in rents and a loss of affordable housing on the one hand and a decline in incomes on the other. This trend has hit the lowest income renters the hardest. The data also point to rising demand for renting and away from homeownership, and describe other housing trends


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The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) is dedicated solely to achieving socially just public policy that assures people with the lowest incomes in the United States have affordable and decent homes.

The National Low Income Housing Coalition is dedicated solely to achieving socially just public policy that assures people with the lowest incomes in the United States have affordable and decent homes.

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