Executive Summary

Community college students are vulnerable to housing insecurity. This report was written in 2022 in partnership with Child Poverty Action Lab to explore how students are affected and how they can be helped. Key insights are below:

• Housing insecurity is profound within the community college population: nationwide, 52% of students at two-year colleges reported some form of housing insecurity in 2020, such as not being able to pay rent. Housing insecurity impacts academic achievement, mental health, job retention and financial stability, and long-term economic prospects.
• Locally, over 4,000 evictions were filed against Dallas College students from 2017-2022.
• Black students, students with children, female students, and American Indian/Alaskan Native students are overrepresented in the subset of students with an eviction filing. E.g., 55.5% of the subset of students with eviction filings were Black/African-American, compared to 19.8% of the Dallas College student population.
• For students with an eviction filing while enrolled at Dallas College, just 4% went on to earn a credential.
• Future lost earnings among students with an eviction filing who did not complete a credential is estimated at more than $63M.

Click the link at the top to view the report pdf.

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