There is sincere disadvantage within the USA Hispanic community. Immigration, while important, isn't necessarily a motivation for the community.
Most average Americans would agree on issues of the day, including, national security, the gun culture in the USA which is also a national security issue, education (outsourcing public education) and higher education. The Hispanic community has all the same concerns, but, more through bias and discrimination.
Latinos are more than twice as likely to be food insecure as White, non-Hispanics.
- More than one in five (21%) Latinos are food insecure as compared to just one in 10 (10%) White, non-Hispanics and one in eight (13%) Americans overall.[iii]
- Nearly one in four Latino children (24%) lives in a food-insecure household as compared to one in seven (14%) White, non-Hispanic children.[iv]
- The 92 counties in 2014 with a majority Hispanic population compose 3 percent of all U.S. counties. Eighteen percent of these majority Hispanic counties fall into the top 10 percent of counties with the highest rates of childhood food insecurity.[v]
- Of the top 20 counties in the nation with the highest food-insecurity rates for children, two have a population that is majority Hispanic....
The members of the US House of Representatives will have the best insight to their communities, the minorities and what is lacking to help propel Hispanic men and women to the top of our society, no different than any other American. While discussing immigration is reform is very important because the system is sadly and irretrievably broken, the candidates have to reach beyond dog whistle politics and actually show insight to the entire population of minorities in the USA. They have problems beyond immigration reform. What good is immigration reform if once established as a citizen of the USA the problems are insurmountable?
...However, (click here) too many Latino families confront challenges—discrimination, rising costs, limited access to housing education and counseling, and inadequate supply and access to assisted housing stock and programs—in accessing quality affordable housing. Given the growth of the Latino population in Metro Chicago and across the state, our economic stability and future fiscal growth depends on the extent to which Latino families have access to an adequate supply of quality affordable housing in proximity to employment, public transportation, and community facilities. Quality affordable housing not only meets social equity goals for Latino families, but also ensures community viability and stability for everyone....
It seemed to me some of the most hardest hit during the 2008 global economic collapse were USA minorities and the loss of their homes.
...Since housing (click here) prices began their precipitous decline in January 2007 and foreclosure rates
skyrocketed, no one has assessed exactly how many mortgages have ended in foreclosure or
who has been affected. Although a number of useful mortgage databases are available, there is no
official, nationwide, publicly available census of completed foreclosures or associated demographic
information. In this report, we seek to shed light on the nation’s foreclosure crisis by using government
and industry data to estimate the number of foreclosures in recent years and their impact by
race and ethnicity. More specifically, we calculate foreclosure rates from 2007 through 2009 for
1,632 combinations of loan types, geography, occupancy types and closing years, and apply these
rates to mortgage origination data. The results are these key estimates on completed foreclosures:
During the first three years of the foreclosure crisis, from January 2007 through the end of 2009, we estimate that 2.5 million foreclosures were completed. The vast majority of these foreclosures were on owner-occupied properties with mortgages that were originated between 2005 and 2008.1
• The majority (an estimated 56%) of families who lost homes were non-Hispanic and white, but African-American and Latino families were disproportionately affected relative to their share of mortgage originations....
Home ownership is the first step to building wealth. Here again, minority home owners were disproportionately higher in completed foreclosures. They have to start all over in building wealth. That contribution of home ownership to the American economy has to be recognized and their losses registered as issues of the day as well. These issues may be resolved for many Americans, but, have they resolved for American minorities?
...However, (click here) too many Latino families confront challenges—discrimination, rising costs, limited access to housing education and counseling, and inadequate supply and access to assisted housing stock and programs—in accessing quality affordable housing. Given the growth of the Latino population in Metro Chicago and across the state, our economic stability and future fiscal growth depends on the extent to which Latino families have access to an adequate supply of quality affordable housing in proximity to employment, public transportation, and community facilities. Quality affordable housing not only meets social equity goals for Latino families, but also ensures community viability and stability for everyone....
It seemed to me some of the most hardest hit during the 2008 global economic collapse were USA minorities and the loss of their homes.
During the first three years of the foreclosure crisis, from January 2007 through the end of 2009, we estimate that 2.5 million foreclosures were completed. The vast majority of these foreclosures were on owner-occupied properties with mortgages that were originated between 2005 and 2008.1
• The majority (an estimated 56%) of families who lost homes were non-Hispanic and white, but African-American and Latino families were disproportionately affected relative to their share of mortgage originations....
Home ownership is the first step to building wealth. Here again, minority home owners were disproportionately higher in completed foreclosures. They have to start all over in building wealth. That contribution of home ownership to the American economy has to be recognized and their losses registered as issues of the day as well. These issues may be resolved for many Americans, but, have they resolved for American minorities?
