Posted on 03/23/2022 1:31:18 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
BOSTON (AP) — Eviction rates in Massachusetts were about twice as high in communities of color compared to predominantly white neighborhoods during the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic, a report by a housing group said.
The report, released on Tuesday from Homes for All Massachusetts, stated that after the state’s eviction moratorium expired in October 2020, 55% of eviction filings occurred in locations where most of the residents were people of color. But only 42% of the state’s renters live in those neighborhoods.
According to the report, the pandemic could potentially worsen the long-term economic and racial disparities in the state because minority communities not only faced high eviction rates but they also faced an increase in coronavirus infections and job losses.
In 16 cities and towns across the state, eviction rates were more than 1.5 times higher than predominantly white neighborhoods. In nonwhite Boston neighborhoods, eviction filings were 2.4 times more common, The Boston Globe reported Tuesday.
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Could it possible be that those that PAID THEIR BILLS, even during the ScamDemic, got to keep their apartments, condos and homes?
One wonders...
People need to stop being poor.
Being responsible and paying the rent on time is racist….along with everything else.
Cannot imagine why.
Not reported, communities of color produce higher default rates.
Color me not shocked at all.
Always blaming society for what ails them.
There are plenty of White out there that got evicted too. Some
of them couldn’t make ends meet either.
I’m so sick of this overt racism 24/7/365.
In other news most shootings happen in black areas, most murders happen in black communities and crime in general happens far more often in amongst blacks.....
They’re not poor. They just prefer to spend their money in other ways than responsible people do.
Because they are lawless and don't usually pay their rent.
It's like saying communities of color face higher murder rates. Well duh, it's the black people doing the killing of each other
You don’t even have to be black; just live in a Socialist Democrat-run town or city and you get all of those perks for FREE!
But, you know, THEY CARE, so it’s all good. *Rolleyes*
Sounds like AP is trying an end run “it’s racism” accusation here. Yet offers no analysis about actual rent payments, arrears, etc. for either white renter groups or those of ‘minorities.’
Quite an irresponsible headline and article. Implies something that is likely not true - that they were evicted because of their race. Unless there is evidence whites in the same exact situation were not evicted then this article is dishonest in what it is trying to portray to the reader.
Report says communities of color faced higher eviction rates
I see more bugs in the summer than in winter... There’s an obvious reason for that as well.
LOL! And they should tax the rich more, too! ;)
Probably a strong correlation to not paying the rent owed.
very creative in that the article doesn’t actually lie - it is just worded to try to get the reader to infer something that is a lie.
Was there any plumbing left?
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