 Women-headed households are a growing constituency in today’s
housing market, the result of higher divorce rates, delayed marriage, and longer life
spans.
Two major household types characterize
women-headed households:
elderly women living alone and young to middle-aged single, divorced or separated women
with families.
Homeownership rates for women-headed households are considerably lower
than the national average, making women-headed households a major constituency of the
rental housing market.
Efforts to increase homeownership rates for
women-headed households are
likely to embrace more minority and very low-income households.
Efforts to increase homeownership rates for
women-headed households are
likely to increase central city and suburban business.
To assist women in becoming homebuyers,
HomeOwnership
For Women
has established a "one-stop" clearinghouse that will:
HomeOwnership
For Women is ready and waiting to open the doors to
homeownership. Invest in your future, your family, and your community today.
It is against the law for you to be treated differently when you seek to buy or
rent housing because of your race, color, national origin, sex, or handicap or because you
have children under age 18. It is also unlawful for a landlord, agent or manager to
sexually harass you while you are occupying housing or seeking a housing opportunity.
If you feel you have been treated differently or
The Kansas City Fair Housing Hub can be reached at (800) 743.5323 or (913)
551.6993.
They also have a website. They can be reached at the Fair Housing Home Page.
(www.hud.gov/hdiscrim)
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