Bloomberg Law
May 20, 2020, 9:30 AM UTC

Coronavirus Could Be New Housing Crisis for Communities of Color

Evan Weinberger
Evan Weinberger
Assistant Managing Editor

Alex De La Campa’s parents still haven’t recovered from a 2008 foreclosure and he fears the coronavirus-induced economic collapse will leave them in an even deeper hole.

Prior to the last recession, they owned their home in Concord, Calif., a Bay Area city of 120,000 people where his father, a Mexican immigrant, was a police officer. Eventually, they found an affordable rental home that they sublet to make ends meet.

Now, their tenants are falling behind on their rent and De La Campa, a 31-year-old Navy veteran who has since graduated from college, is worried about whether he can continue ...

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