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As Eviction Deadline Looms, Black, Non-Hispanic Women Are Over Two Times More Likely Than White, Non-Hispanic Men to Be Behind on Rent or Mortgage Payments
As Eviction Deadline Looms, Black, Non-Hispanic Women Are Over Two Times More Likely Than White, Non-Hispanic Men to Be Behind on Rent or Mortgage Payments
This factsheet provides an analysis of week 18 of the U.S. Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey measuring the social and economic impact of COVID-19 on households. The data shows that compared to their white, non-Hispanic male or female peers:
- Asian, non-Hispanic women, Black, non-Hispanic women, and Latinas are more likely to be behind on their rent or mortgage payment;
- Black, non-Hispanic women and Latinas are more likely to be in households that face food insufficiency;
- Black, non-Hispanic women, and Latinas are more likely to be in households that have lost employment income since March.
