HUD ISSUES REPORT ON NUMBER OF VERY LOW-INCOME RENTERS WITH DISABILITIES WHO EXPERIENCED ‘WORST CASE HOUSING NEEDS’

WASHINGTON, DC – March 24, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today issued a report summarizing efforts to the measure the extent of “worst case housing needs” among very low-income renter households with disabilities. HUD’s 2009 Worst Case Housing Needs of People with Disabilities finds that approximately 1 million households that included nonelderly people with disabilities had worst case needs.


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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is the nation’s housing agency committed to increasing homeownership, particularly among minorities; creating affordable housing opportunities for low-income Americans; and supporting the homeless, elderly, people with disabilities and people living with AIDS. The Department also promotes economic and community development, and enforces the nation’s fair housing laws.

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