America's Newest Working Families: Cost, Crowding and Conditions for Immigrants
Description:
This is the most recent report, in a series of groundbreaking studies, from the Center for Housing Policy, the research affiliate of the National Housing Conference (NHC). The report documents the critical housing needs of low to moderate income working families and is the first detailed, national look at the housing situation of first generation Americans. This report profiles and compares Immigrant and Native-Born working families. According to the author, findings show that a higher proportion of Immigrants than Native-Born families with critical housing needs work full-time jobs; Immigrants are seventy percent more likely than Native-Born to pay more than half their income for housing; and Immigrants are more likely to be crowded, not just in percentage terms but in absolute numbers. (Authors)
Type of Resource:
Newsletter
Publication Date:
2003
Volume:
4
Issue:
3
Pages:
1-40