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Even before the the pandemic, renter households were already struggling. #harvardhousingreport
Homeowners of color have been disproportionately impacted by the negative impacts of the pandemic. #harvardhousingreport
Home sales surged after most states lifted their lockdowns. #harvardhousingreport
Despite a growing number of rent-burdened households, federal assistance $$ has not kept up. #harvardhousingreport
Great panel being moderated by @NicoleFriedman featuring @ceherbert, @meerodriguez, @TobyBozzuto, and Mayor @KeishaBottoms!
. @ceherbert: “This current crisis has affected renters much more than homeowners, a reversal from what happened during the Great Recession”. #harvardhousingreport
. @KeishaBottoms: “My home that I bought in 2005 still has not reached the value that I purchased it for. It very much appears that Atlanta’s neighborhoods of color have a very different housing market than other neighborhoods”. #harvardhousingreport
Marietta Rodriguez of @neighborworks: “Homeownership remains a primary driver of wealth creation and stability. The inability for households of color to move into homeownership at the same rates as their white counterparts will only further widen the racial economic gap”.
. @KeishaBottoms: “A lot of our workforce in Atlanta doesn’t live in the city. Even as parts of the city remain affordable, families don’t care as long as the schools are failing and the roads are crumbling”. #harvardhousingreport
Toby Bozzuto: “We need to find more creative ways to incentivize developers to build affordable units”. #harvardhousingreport
. @ceherbert: “We aren’t doing enough to provide housing for middle-income households. Much of that has to do with zoning and other regulatory barriers”. #harvardhousingreport
. @KeishaBottoms: “We have issued a moratorium on evictions in Atlanta, but we are just one jurisdiction in a huge metro area. Most of the applicants for our assistance programs have been from those outside of Atlanta”. #harvardhousingreport
Marietta Rodriguez of @neighborworks: “Many of these federal assistance programs are scheduled to end soon and I worry what will happen, particular for renters, when they do”. #harvardhousingreport
