April 14, 2021
As the economy recovers from the COVID-19 crisis, high housing costs will continue to cause hardship for millions of renters with low incomes, raising their risks of housing instability and homelessness and impeding their children’s chances of long-term success.
[1] The recovery legislation that policymakers will consider soon is a historic opportunity to address this problem. Providing Housing Choice Vouchers to more households and ultimately to all who are eligible, as President Biden proposed during the presidential campaign is by far the most important step they can take.
Millions of U.S. households with low incomes must pay very high shares of those incomes in order to afford housing. The costs can force families to divert resources from other basic needs and leave them one setback such as a reduction in work hours or an unexpected bill away from losing their homes. Many others live in housing that is overcrowded or substandard
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