In this book, Taplin-Kaguru explores how the exclusion of Black Americans from homeownership has impacted the larger system of race inequality in America, including disparities in education, health, employment, and criminal justice.
Researchers use 1,824 interview with people who have a serious mental illness to explain the frequent housing, employment, and education discrimination this group experiences.
Black and brown Americans have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Once the federal eviction moratorium is over, communities of color are going to be hit the hardest with mass evictions, which will increase their overall poverty and homeownership rates.
This article explains repeated homelessness among women to advocate for more public housing and support services to limit the issue.
This report shows how the benefits to homeownership have been unequally distributed among communities of color and how racial discrimination has reduced the financial benefits of homeownership.
Since the race riots in 1968 and 1969, the black and white income gap in York has remained unchanged. The median income of black households has decreased, and family poverty of black households has increased, making it even harder for black households to afford the rising costs of homeownership.
This chart shows the disparities in homeownership as it relates to the race of residents in occupied housing units and can be used to support claims of housing discrimination.
The researchers use qualitative interviews to study the safety, housing stability, service utilization and health outcomes for women who are victims of intimate partner violence.
People’s life expectancies vary depending on where in York County they live. This report examines these disparities as they relate to income, racial makeup, poverty, and school district rank.
York County Stakeholders establish a plan for the next 10 years which aims to increase the number of women and minority-owned businesses; close income gaps; support local art and recreation; decrease the number of ALICE households; expand access to broadband Internet; and attract employers that offer high-paying employment.
This report uses surveys and focus groups to understand the needs of York County’s Hispanic and Latinx population.
Those in the Third Federal Reserve District who cannot access the means to attain education or job training find it difficult to secure well-paying employment. This report identifies the main barriers to this kind of employment and opportunities to grow a local workforce.