In the 2025 Gap Report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, Texas was ranked 22nd highest in housing wage. “Affordable, decent-quality housing remains out of reach for many of the nation’s lowest-income renters. Despite modest economic gains for lower-income households in recent years, the rental housing crisis persists. Half of all renter households are now housing cost-burdened, paying more than 30% of their income on rent and utilities, and over a quarter are severely housing costburdened, spending more than half of their income (NLIHC, 2025). These cost burdens disproportionately impact the lowest-income renters,” according to the report.
