By Megan Gallagher, Anne Griffith, and Alexa Rosenberg, Housing Matters, September 2, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic threatens housing stability, affordability, and quality, especially for families and children of color. Black and Latinx adults are reporting higher rates of income loss, food insufficiency, and missed rent or mortgage payments.
When families face housing challenges, their children’s education also suffers. Homelessness and housing instability are widely recognized as determinants of student success. Other factors—such as unaffordability, crowding, and poor maintenance—can also adversely affect student performance. Housing insecurity affects learning from early childhood through college.
Our new brief summarizes evidence on this relationship and explores how housing and education systems reinforce inequity. But examples from local initiatives also show it doesn’t have to be this way.
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