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Perceptions of Discrimination Among Persons with Serious Mental Illness

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.

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Eviction and the Reproduction of Urban Poverty

Desmond studies the link between evictions and the cycle of poverty using multiple methods to study the impact of evictions in a Milwaukee trailer community. He finds that eviction is a more common occurrence in urban, black communities, and that black women are evicted at a much more significant rate than any other demographic.

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Communities of Color Poised to Lose Their Homes as Eviction Moratoriums Lift

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.

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Family Dynamics, Housing, and Recurring Homelessness Among Women in New York City Homeless Shelters

This article explains repeated homelessness among women to advocate for more public housing and support services to limit the issue.

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Before the Pandemic, Homeowners of Color Faced Structural Barriers to the Benefits of Homeownership

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.

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How we live—York county's black community, 1969-2017

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.

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Having housing made everything else possible': Affordable, safe and stable housing for women survivors of violence

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.

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