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As a collaborative effort with the UCLA Institute on Inequality & Democracy, UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, and Ong & Associates, this report breaks down how the coronavirus pandemic has intensified the plight of mass eviction for renters. In particular, the research shows how Black and Latinx renters are disproportionately impacted, underscoring how the coronavirus crisis exacerbates already existing disparities.One of the far-reaching impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic will be mass evictions in California and elsewhere in the United States. Driven by the failure at all levels of government to institute tenant protections and keep people in their homes, such evictions will reshape cities, increasing homelessness and displacing communities.Analyzing recent survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau, this research brief by CNK pinpoints the racial disparities that structure this crisis. Such disparities reflect institutionalized and systemic inequalities in education, employment, and housing. An especially important finding of the report is that across socio-economic status categories, Black and Latinx households are more likely to be unable to pay rent compared to non-Hispanic Whites and Asian Americans, a stark reminder of the entrenched racial disparities that are being re-articulated and amplified by the present crisis.The brief underscores the necessity of social protection policies and programs, whether in the form of robust unemployment relief or rent cancellation. As CNK Director and Professor Paul Ong notes, programs of relief have perpetuated discrimination through the determination of eligibility. The unprecedented crisis at hand demands a new approach to public policy, one that can ensure a just recovery.

AbstractThis study examines the role of car ownership in facilitating employment among recipients under the current
welfare‐to‐work law. Because of a potential problem with simultaneity, the analysis uses predicted
car ownership constructed from two instrumental variables, insurance premiums and population density for car
ownership. The data come from a 1999–2000 survey of TANF recipients in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
The empirical results show a significant independent contribution of car ownership on employment. The presence of
an predicted ownership is associated with a 9 percentage point increase in the odds of being employed. Moreover,
the results indicate that lowering insurance premiums by $100 can increase the odds of employment by 4
percentage points. © 2002 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.

This paper examines the role of car access (including but not limited to car ownership) in facilitating employment among recipients under the current welfare-to-work law. In 1996, Congress enacted the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), which dramatically altered this nation's social policy. TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) replaced the old AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) program, but the transformation went well beyond renaming the welfare system. Instead of providing an entitlement, the legislation's goals are ending welfare dependency and promoting economic self-sufficiency through employment. New regulations limit cash support, place a time limit on benefits, mandate strong work requirements, and delegate the implementation to the states and local agencies. As a result of these reforms, hundreds of thousands of recipients are entering the labor market, but their ability to find a job remains unanswered. Successful restructuring of the welfare system requires implementing agencies to eliminate as many barriers as possible. Many recipients are severely disadvantaged by limited education and work experience, but the obstacles are not confined just to human-capital deficiencies. Moreover, time limits have shifted strategies from training and schooling to placing individuals in a job as quickly as possible.