Hispanics struggle more than other Americans to
find affordable homes and are more likely to live in overcrowded homes
in poor conditions, a Hispanic civil-rights organization says. Though
home ownership among Latinos increased during the 1990s, affordability
continues to be a problem nationwide as housing costs rise faster than
income, according to a statistical brief from the National Council of
La Raza. In Arizona, the homeownership rate for Hispanics is 16.3
percentage points less than among Anglos, the study says. "It's better
than the national average (a gap of 28 percentage points), but still
not very good," said Janis Bowdler, a policy analyst at La Raza.
"Rising levels of discrimination" and lack of relationships with
financial institutions are among the obstacles Latinos face when
shopping for homes, the La Raza brief said. [more ]
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