Research Guides: Black America and COVID-19: HOUSING & NEIGHBORHOODS

HOUSING & NEIGHBORHOODS

Access to housing, or its absence, is one of the most critical elements in addressing the stark disparities in the social determinants of health; where you live can make you sick. But as we know from affluent communities, it can also make you well. If this virus has proven anything, it is that housing is a human right.
Co-Curator: David Harris, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard Law School

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Race, Hunger, and COVID-19: The impact on African Americans Bread for the World April 1, 2020 https://www.bread.org/blog/race-hunger-and-covid-19-impact-african-americans	blog
Expert: Food deserts in black communities partly explain coronavirus vulnerability Daily Herald Madhu Krishnamurthy April 13, 2020 https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200411/expert-food-deserts-in-black-communities-partly-explain-coronavirus-vulnerability	news
Black Deaths and Black Mourning in the Time of Coronavirus African American Intellectual History Society Joan Flores-Villalobos April 20, 2020 https://www.aaihs.org/black-deaths-and-black-mourning-in-the-time-of-coronavirus/	blog
Junk Food Makers Target Blacks, Latinos and Communities of Color, Increasing Risks From COVID-19 U.S. Right to Know Stacy Malkan April 27, 2020 https://usrtk.org/food-related-diseases/junk-food-manufacturers-have-targeted-communities-of-color-increasing-risks-from-covid-19/	news
‘A Terrible Price’: The Deadly Racial Disparities of Covid-19 in America New York Times Linda Villarosa April 29, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/magazine/racial-disparities-covid-19.html	news
Boston's Black Communities Discuss the COVID-19 Outbreak in the City Neighborhoods (Part II) The New Democracy Coalition Segun Idowu, Monica Cannon, Larry Ellison, Imari Paris Jeffries, Dr. Carroy Ferguson, Dominga Martin, Darrell Jones, Gary Webster, Rev. Dr. Karen Coleman, Malia Lazu, and Senator Dianne Wilkerson April 30, 2020 http://www.thenewdemocracycoalition.org/live-stream-bostons-black-communities-to-discuss-the-covid-19-outbreak/ Watch the video here	event, town hall, video
2020 Racial Justice Summit: Developing a Reconstruction Agenda for Black Boston NAACP Boston May 2, 2020 http://naacpboston.com/2020-racial-justice-summit/	event
Cancel the Rent The New Yorker Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor May 12, 2020 https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/cancel-the-rent	news
Valuing Black lives and property in America’s Black cities Brookings Institute, Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program John R. Allen, Andre M. Perry, Brentin Mock, and Kimberlé W. Crenshaw May 19, 2020 https://www.brookings.edu/events/webinar-know-your-price-book-launch/ Watch the video here	event, video, audio, webinar
The Striking Racial Divide in How Covid-19 Has Hit Nursing Homes New York Times May 21, 2020 https://tinyurl.com/ydccbqrr	news
In Homes Left Empty By COVID-19, This Georgia Woman Packs Up The Memories Morning Edition, NPR Danny Hajek May 26, 2020 https://www.npr.org/2020/05/26/861992750/georgia-company-packs-up-homes-of-deceased-covid-19-victims	news
Tenants Rising: Cancel Eviction Caravan City Life/Vida Urbana, Massachusetts Peace Action June 27-28, 2020 https://masspeaceaction.org/event/tenants-rising-cancel-eviction-caravan/ View the event page here	event
Former county health chief: Racism common factor in deaths in ’95 Chicago heat wave, COVID-19 Chicago Sun Times Maudlyne Ihejirika June 28, 2020 https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/6/28/21302962/25th-anniversary-heat-wave-racism-covid-19-chicago-linda-murray	news
To Be Hungry in the Middle of the Pandemic New York Times Yunghi Kim July 4, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/opinion/coronavirus-food-banks-hunger.html?referringSource=articleShare	opinion
10 Steps to Take to Try to Prevent Your Own Eviction New York Times Ron Lieber July 11, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/11/your-money/coronavirus-eviction-prevention-renters-landlord.html	news
Intersecting Crises: How are Climate Change and COVID-19 Impacting Housing? UMass Boston News July 16, 2020 https://www.umb.edu/news_events_media/events/covid_19_housing_climate_change_town_hall	event
Virtual Workshops Fair Housing & Civil Rights Conference https://www.fhcrconference.com/virtual	resource, workshop
COVID-19 and Economic Opportunity Across Zip Codes in America: New Insights from Big Data with Raj Chetty Harvard Alumni Education July 28, 2020 https://alumni.harvard.edu/events/covid-19-and-economic-opportunity-across-zip-codes-in-america-new-insights-from-big-data-with	event
The Coming Eviction Crisis: ‘It’s Hard to Pay the Bills on Nothing’ The New York Times Binyamin Appelbaum August 9, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/opinion/evictions-foreclosures-covid-economy.html?referringSource=articleShare	opinion
When the Threat of Eviction Meets the Threat of the Virus The New York Times Matthew Desmond August 29, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-evictions-superspreader.html?referringSource=articleShare	opinion