INEQUITY REVEALED

HOMEOWNERSHIP AND HEALTHY LIVING GAPS ONCE IDENTIFIED BY ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE PROVEN THROUGH FINE-GRADE DATA

Chris Collier, the Alliance for Housing Affordability Program Manager for the Housing Authority of Snohomish County, said statistics show that some of these people will have to move farther from jobs to find affordable rent, or some could go homeless.

 

“People of lesser means are being financially disadvantaged -- paying more for far less plus having no equity that they can take with them when they leave.  

They will carry that financial burden for their entire life,” he said.