The National Equity Atlas released a report, “The Shrinking Geography of Opportunity in Metro America,” demonstrating the extent to which affordable housing in high-opportunity neighborhoods has declined in recent years, particularly for low-income, Black, and Latino households. The report finds that in the 100 most populous metropolitan areas, the share of ZIP codes where median rents were affordable to low-income households dropped from 17% to 8% between 2013 and 2019. Seventy-six percent of ZIP codes with median rents affordable to low-income households and 81% of ZIP codes with median rents affordable to Black households are rated as low- or very low-opportunity.
Only 8% of ZIP Codes in the Most Populous Metro Areas Are Affordable to Low-Income Renter Households
Oklahoma Coalition for Affordable Housing 