Growing deficit of housing affordable to low-income renters
Low-income households are those in the bottom 20% of households by income
Vertical bar chart showing the growing deficit of housing affordable to low-income households from 1996 to 2016
Low-income private renter households
Dwellings affordable to low-income renters
National deficit
−200,000
−150,000
−100,000
−50,000
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
221,000
173,000
−48,000
268,000
129,000
−139,000
347,000
159,000
−188,000
384,000
172,000
−212,000
1996
2006
2011
2016