III. Latinos and Homeownership
During the housing boom of the last two decades, homeownership rates increased to record levels (Kochhar, Gonzalez-Barrera and Dockterman, 2009). However, since then, the collapse in the housing market has brought declining homeownership rates and falling housing prices. For Latinos, after reaching a record high of 49.8% in 2006, the homeownership rate fell to 47.4% […]