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Assessing the Severity of Rent Burden on Low-Income Families

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To assess the rent burden on families, we analyze housing expenditures of renters using the American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS). In this note, we have shown that the lowest-income families face severe rent burdens.

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  • Jeff Larrimore & Jenny Schuetz, 2017. "Assessing the Severity of Rent Burden on Low-Income Families," FEDS Notes 2017-12-22, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedgfn:2017-12-22
    DOI: 10.17016/2380-7172.2111
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    1. Christian Dustmann & Bernd Fitzenberger & Markus Zimmermann, 2022. "Housing Expenditure and Income Inequality," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 132(645), pages 1709-1736.
    2. Dirección General de Economía y Estadística, 2020. "El mercado de la vivienda en España entre 2014 y 2019," Occasional Papers 2013, Banco de España.
    3. Rotberg, Shahar & Steinberg, Joseph B., 2024. "Mortgage interest deductions? Not a bad idea after all," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 144(C).
    4. Jan Behringer & Lukas Endres & Till van Treeck, 2023. "Income inequality, household consumption and status competition in Germany," FMM Working Paper 90-2023, IMK at the Hans Boeckler Foundation, Macroeconomic Policy Institute.

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