A record number of renters were cost-burdened in the last few years

Moderately cost-burdened

(Rent is 30% of income)

Severely cost-burdened

(Rent is 50% of income)

25m households

21.6 million

20

15

10

5

0

2001

2005

2010

2015

2021

Moderately cost-burdened

(Rent is 30% of income)

Severely cost-burdened

(Rent is 50% of income)

25m households

21.6 million

20

15

10

5

0

2001

2005

2010

2015

2021

Moderately cost-burdened

(Rent is 30% of income)

Severely cost-burdened

(Rent is 50% of income)

25m households

21.6 million

20

15

10

5

0

2001

2005

2010

2015

2021

Moderately cost-burdened

(Rent is 30% of income)

Severely cost-burdened

(Rent is 50% of income)

25m households

21.6 million

20

15

10

5

0

2001

2005

2010

2015

2021

Guardian graphic. Source: Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies analysis of the American Community Survey. Data from 2020 ommited because of pandemic-driven data collection problems.