This association illustrates the fact that households with lower incomes tend to rent their dwellings rather than buy them, the drop in income leading to an increase in the proportion of renters. In addition, Figure B.l. Therefore, it appears that rising house prices are pushing more and more poor families (and among them the poorest) to rent their homes and that the propensity to buy one’s home becomes more and more dependent on the level of household income. The income gap (before housing costs) between poor families who own and those who do not then becomes larger. In addition, 53% of poor children have a father employed full time full year in 2014, compared to 66% in 2007.