Low-Income Homeowners’ Affordability Challenges Intensify During COVID-19

November 25, 2020 Cristin Espinosa

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COVID-19 is having an especially pronounced impact on the affordability of housing among low-income individuals, according to a survey from Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies. The newly released American Community Survey shows an ongoing downshift in cost burdens in 2019. While the share of all cost-burdened homeowners--which are those spending more than 30% ...

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