Black women and Latina renters were housing insecure before the pandemic and are more vulnerable to eviction and indebtedness now

Share of Bay Area Renters Who are Both Rent Burdened and Economically Insecure

Source: PolicyLink/ERI analysis of 2018 5-Year American Community Survey Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Rent-burdened is defined as spending more than 30 percent of income on housing costs. Data for 2018 represents a 2014-2018 average. Economic insecurity is defined as below 350 percent of the federal poverty line, or about $87,000 for a family of four or $44,000 for a single individual. Data is for the nine county Bay Area region.