A recent analysis by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute shows 44.7% of all renters in D.C. are “rent burdened,” meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on rent. The statistics come from a one-year estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
Rent burdening is even higher among people of color.
“Over 50% of Black renters in the District are facing rent burden,” co-author Mychal Cohen said. “Over 40% of Hispanic renters are rent burdened.”
Among white, non-Hispanic renters, the figure is 35.8%, according to policy institute’s analysis of five-year microdata files from the American Community Survey.
It’s perhaps more alarming that among low-income renters whose incomes are at or below $32,500 per year, 85.2% are rent burdened, and those renters are predominately Black.
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