I just got this from the National Low Income Housing Coalition's weekly newsletter. I though y'all might enjoy the read:

Housing as an Indicator of the Well Being of Children

Two recent reports track the well being of children in
the United States. Both provide indicators of children’s
housing along with measures of health, income, and
education.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released their
“Kids Count Data Book” as well as their “State-Level
Data Online” which has 75 different indicators for child
well-being in state-by-state format, including 10 indicators
from the study and 65 that are original to the
online format. The report concludes that out of the 10
study indicators, five worsened between 2000 and 2003,
including an increase in child poverty, an increase in
infant mortality and low birth weight, and an increase
in the rate of children with “persistently unemployed”
parents or guardians.

The report shows that the rate of children living in
overcrowded conditions is worst in Hawaii where 35%
of the children live in such conditions, followed closely
by California where the rate is 30%. The state with the
lowest rate of overcrowding is Iowa where only 5% of
the children live in overcrowded conditions.
Connecticut has the highest rate of low income households
with children paying 30% or more of their income
toward rent, with 76%. Colorado and New Jersey
follow with 73% and 72% respectively. North Dakota
boasts the lowest rate, which is still a significant part
of the state’s population, at 36%.

The “Kids Count Data Book” is available at:
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/sld/databook.jsp