# America’s poorest can’t find housing as low-income units sit empty

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- The Associated Press, 2026-09-07 17:00 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://bit.ly/4gTVRKq

> The poorest people in the United States face the sharpest shortage of affordable housing. One reason is that most low-income housing financed in recent years has targeted people earning at least 50% of their area’s median income.