Housing

Subtopics: Rental Assistance Funding and Policy Homelessness State Housing Policy Making Housing Affordable for All Housing Basics and Data

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Housing

Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis Requires Increasing Housing Supply and Expanding Rental Assistance

June 10, 2026 - Will Fischer

Policymakers should not wait for a supply expansion to be completed before extending rental assistance to many more people — and there is no need to wait, since tens of millions of people need help now to afford their current home.

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Housing

Nearly 3.7 Million People at Risk of Losing Needed Rental Assistance to Harsh Time Limit and Work Requirement Proposal

April 24, 2026 - Erik Gartland

Blog

Housing

Congress Should Support Rental Assistance in 2027 to Prevent Increased Homelessness and Evictions

May 13, 2026 - Sonya Acosta

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Housing

Trump Policies Would Worsen Homelessness, Attack Basic Freedoms of People Who Can’t Afford Rent

April 8, 2026 - Anna Bailey

Blog

Housing

HUD Publishes Proposed Rule that Would Take Away Rental Assistance, Create New Barriers

March 3, 2026 - Sonya Acosta

Blog

Housing

HUD Plans to Take Housing Assistance Away From More Than 170,000 Formerly Homeless People

September 29, 2025 - Anna Bailey

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Housing

States Should Pursue New Revenue Options to Expand Access and Prevent Cuts to Affordable Housing and Homelessness Solutions

January 12, 2026 - Urvi Patel

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Housing

States Should Fund Rental Assistance as a Frontline Strategy to Address the Housing Affordability Crisis

August 6, 2025 - Mari Castaldi and Urvi Patel

Interactive

Housing

76% of Low-Income Renters Needing Federal Rental Assistance Don't Receive It Due to Lack of Funding

April 10, 2026

Data

Housing

National and State Housing Fact Sheets & Data

January 23, 2025

Block-Granting Not a Solution to Benefit Cliffs

June 3, 2026 - Nick Gwyn

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Housing

76% of Low-Income Renters Needing Federal Rental Assistance Don't Receive It

April 29, 2026

Blog

Housing

State and Local Leaders Should Sustain and Expand Investments in Housing Affordability and Stability in Their Budgets

December 17, 2025 - Mari Castaldi and Nikhe Braimah

Blog

Housing

Congress Must Act to Prevent Cuts That Would Leave Hundreds of Thousands at High Risk of Homelessness

December 17, 2025 - Sonya Acosta

Policy Basics

Federal rental assistance enables 5 million low-income households to afford modest homes, and three major programs — Housing Choice Vouchers, Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance, and Public Housing — assist 90 percent of them.

We work with state and local housing agencies and advocates to improve the effectiveness of federal low-income housing programs, and we study how well-designed housing assistance programs can advance such goals as reducing concentrations of poverty.