6 States With the Most Affordable Housing for Low-Income Families (2024)

There is a shortage of available and affordable housing for low-income families in every state, but the situation is worse in some states than others. Extremely low-income families — defined as households with incomes at or below either the federal poverty guideline, or 30% of their area median income, whichever is greater — face rates as low as 14 affordable and available homes for every 100 households in some states.

While there are still not enough homes to provide rentals for every extremely low-income family in the states with the most available housing, the odds of finding housing are the best in these places, as identified by the National Low Income Housing Coalition.

Also here are the states where you’re most and least likely to live paycheck to paycheck.

• Number of affordable and available rental homes:57 per 100 extremely low-income renter households
• Extremely low-income renter households:26,953
• Extremely low-income renter households with severe cost burden:51%

• Number of affordable and available rental homes:55 per 100 extremely low-income renter households
• Extremely low-income renter households:108,951
• Extremely low-income renter households with severe cost burden:65%

• Number of affordable and available rental homes:53 per 100 extremely low-income renter households
• Extremely low-income renter households:63,660
• Extremely low-income renter households with severe cost burden:66%

• Number of affordable and available rental homes:51 per 100 extremely low-income renter households
• Extremely low-income renter households:49,468
• Extremely low-income renter households with severe cost burden:56%

• Number of affordable and available rental homes:51 per 100 extremely low-income renter households
• Extremely low-income renter households:18,176
• Extremely low-income renter households with severe cost burden:63%

• Number of affordable and available rental homes:51 per 100 extremely low-income renter households
• Extremely low-income renter households:36,378
• Extremely low-income renter households with severe cost burden:63%

Data is sourced from theNational Low Income Housing Coalitionand is accurate as of 2022.

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