Women’s poverty is a pervasive problem hindering women from creating better lives and purchasing homes. According to the U.S. Census Bureau:

• Women currently endure a 25 percent gender wage gap
• In the U.S., 29 percent of families headed by women with no husband present live below the poverty level
  • Of these families, 39.2 percent have children below 18 years of age
  • Of families, 43.9 percent have children below 5 years of age

Poverty prevents women from reaching milestones such as living independently and owning homes. The economic challenge of living in financially underprivileged states has profoundly adverse effects on women’s families and their upward mobility.

In July 2017, the National Association of Women in Real Estate Business (NAWRB), a leading voice for women in the housing ecosystem, will release the first installment of the NAWRB Women in the Housing Ecosystem Report.

This report raises awareness of women entrepreneurs’ successes and obstacles, and analyzes the ramifications of workplace gender imbalances on women’s homeownership.

To further examine the connection between poverty and women’s lack of homeownership, illustrating the pervasive manner in which these two factors intertwine to help prevent women’s progress, the report shines a light on the power of homeownership to cement one’s economic foundation and professional success.