Only about 1 in 4 families who qualify for housing assistance get anything. So there's a shrinking gap between what families are bringing and what they have to pay for basic shelter.Īnd then we might ask ourselves: Wait a minute, where's public housing here? Where's housing vouchers? Doesn't the government help? And the answer is, it does help, but only for a small percentage of families. So between 1995 and today, median asking rents have increased by 70 percent, adjusting for inflation. Incomes have remained flat for many Americans over the last two decades, but housing costs have soared. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Evicted Subtitle Poverty and Profit in the American City Author Matthew Desmond
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