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Title: Persistent disparities in affordable rental housing among America's ethnoracial groups

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2022

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ISSN: 0049-089X

DOI: 10.1016/J.SSRESEARCH.2022.102828

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Abstract: Housing and residential outcomes in the United States are significantly stratified by ethnoracial group, but the extent to which disparities exist in affordable renting over time is less clear. In this study, I explore affordable housing disparities among White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian renters and test hypotheses regarding variation by education, local ethnoracial composition, and chosen measurement of affordability. Chiefly, I find that White households have higher rates of affordable housing than Black and Hispanic households with disparities remaining nearly identical between 2005 and 2019 and become larger when considering household's ability to afford other basic needs. Nevertheless, returns to education are not uniformly larger for White renters, in that Black and Asian renters experience larger marginal increases in residual income based affordable housing at higher levels of education. The effects of county ethnoracial composition effects are consistent with all groups—including White households—experiencing declining affordability when living in counties with large coethnic populations.

Url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X22001399

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Authors: Brooks, Matthew M.

Periodical (Full): Social Science Research

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Pages: 1-14

Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Housing and Segregation, Race and Ethnicity

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