Alexander Hermann, Sophia Wedeen, Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Chris Herbert
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January 25, 2023
Using restricted-access data from the US Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey containing detailed geographic information about where respondents live, this paper assesses…
Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Alexander Hermann
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July 20, 2022
In 2020 with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a large and growing share of renters were cost-burdened, according to a Center analysis of new experimental data from the…
Alexander Hermann, Whitney Airgood-Obrycki
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June 29, 2022
For the first time in a decade, housing cost burdens worsened significantly during the first year of the pandemic, according to our analysis of new data from the US Census…
The Emergency Rental Assistance program provides unprecedented support for renters facing hardships who are unable to pay their rent or utilities. While the implicit…
Since it was enacted at the end of 2020, the federal Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program has helped millions of renters get caught up on rent payments. An analysis I…
Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Chris Herbert, Alexander Hermann, Sophia Wedeen
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January 27, 2022
As has been well documented, the financial impact of the pandemic has disproportionally impacted renters, leading to high shares who have fallen behind on rent. Less well…
Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Ben Demers, Solomon Greene, Chris Herbert, Alexander Hermann, David Luberoff, Sophia Wedeen
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April 8, 2021
The COVID pandemic has had a particularly large impact on the financial well-being of renters in the US, and over the past year millions have struggled to pay rent. While…
Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Alexander Hermann
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February 8, 2021
It’s been well-documented that households of color, especially those who rent or have lower incomes, have been particularly hard-hit, economically, by the pandemic. Last…
Samara Scheckler, Whitney Airgood-Obrycki
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August 5, 2020
While older adults are more susceptible to COVID-19, households headed by older adults have been more insulated from the economic effects of the pandemic, according to our…
In about a third of all households—and in at least 40 percent of black and Hispanic households—at least one person works in a job that requires them be close to other people…