Title: | Women’s Housing Precarity During and Beyond COVID-19 |
Author(s): | Parker, Brenda; Smith, Janet |
Subject(s): | housing, women, research, policy, gender disparities, evictions |
Abstract: | COVID-19 has amplified gendered disparities
in caregiving, work, and housing in the United States. This Policy Spotlight brings together the latest research and data to discuss the
intersection of these disparities with regard to the
anticipated eviction crisis in Illinois. Housing insecurity and potential evictions will affect thousands
of Illinois single-parent households, most of whom
are female-headed, and disproportionately Black
and Latino.1
This will likely lead to a sustained crisis
of financial, health, and housing fluctuation, and
set back historic gains in women’s equality.
The recent $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that
was signed into law in March 20212 is an important
step in the right direction, as are the federal moratorium extension and federal endeavors. However, there are challenges with getting assistance to
where it is needed. There is a need for both wise
allocation of these resources and the infusion of
additional interventions to stave off the devastating effects of eviction. Upstream approaches must
be put in place now, especially because landlords
are filing actions in court despite the moratorium. |
Issue Date: | 2021-07-29 |
Publisher: | Institute of Government & Public Affairs |
Genre: | Article |
Type: | Text |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/110235 |
Date Available in IDEALS: | 2021-08-02 |