Housing Equity

Coalition for Home Repair members have helped more than 21,000 Black or African American, Hispanic, or minority homeowners with low incomes access safe and healthy homes. 

In alignment with our goals to expand access to home repair programs nationwide, this toolkit is available at no cost to home repair nonprofits, community leaders, and partners. 

Fast Facts: Racial Disparities in Home Ownership & Improvement

• As of 2021, Black homeowners live in inadequate homes at nearly double the rate of white homeowners, with 5.7 percent of Black homeowners living in these homes. (See Figure 1 below).
  • The same report highlights that Black homeowners have the highest average annual utility cost burden (6.6%-Black compared to 4.9%-White).
• Even after controlling for household, property, and neighborhood characteristics, Black, Hispanic, and other nonwhite homeowners still have lower-value homes.
  • The same report: race and physical condition remained significant factors influencing a property's value, with Black households and homes in poor condition associated with lower property values (Neal et al, 2021).
• According to Urban Institute, approximately 76 percent of Hispanic households, 69 percent of Black households and 56 percent of Other households of color that own real estate do not have a will or trust.
• Research shows that lenders deny manufactured home loans to Black applicants at much higher rates than White applicants, blocking many Black buyers from accessing one of the nation's most affordable homeownership options.

Figure 1. Share of Homeowners Living in Inadequate Housing by Race (Urban Institute)

Research Leaders & Databases

Our go-to databases for grant writing research, advocacy, or staying informed:

• Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
• Urban Institute: Race and Equity
• PolicyMap

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On-Demand Webinar: State and Ambition of Home Repair Programs in the U.S.

Overview

As organizations passionate about uplifting the importance of affordable housing and home repair, each through different projects, programs, and methods, we are excited to collaborate on this event to share our collective impact in the home repair field. 

This webinar highlights the unique perspectives and expertise each organization brings to the field of home repair. Although each organization has its own vision, mission, and goals, we're all working towards a better future through home preservation and rehabilitation, and we are stronger together. 

During this webinar, representatives from 5 different organizations share an overview on the projects they've been working on with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 

Organizations are listed below with their representative and speaking start time.

• Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (Sophia Wedeen, 5:48)
• New York University Furman Center (Jess Wunsch, 16:20)
• Partnership for Housing Affordability (Woody Rogers, 35:48)
• National Council of State Housing Agencies (Rosemarie Sabatino, 49:53)
• Coalition for Home Repair (Freyja Harris, 1:04:10)