In 2019, almost half of all renters in the United States were considered to be either moderately or severely cost-burdened. A household is considered to be housing cost burdened when the housing costs exceed 30 percent of the family income.
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Joint Center for Housing Studies. (November 19, 2020). Share of cost burdened renter households in the United States from 2008 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1074120/housing-cost-burdened-households-usa-renters/
Joint Center for Housing Studies. "Share of cost burdened renter households in the United States from 2008 to 2019." Chart. November 19, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1074120/housing-cost-burdened-households-usa-renters/
Joint Center for Housing Studies. (2020). Share of cost burdened renter households in the United States from 2008 to 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1074120/housing-cost-burdened-households-usa-renters/
Joint Center for Housing Studies. "Share of Cost Burdened Renter Households in The United States from 2008 to 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Nov 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1074120/housing-cost-burdened-households-usa-renters/
Joint Center for Housing Studies, Share of cost burdened renter households in the United States from 2008 to 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1074120/housing-cost-burdened-households-usa-renters/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Share of cost burdened renter households in the United States from 2008 to 2019 [Graph], Joint Center for Housing Studies, November 19, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1074120/housing-cost-burdened-households-usa-renters/