While LGBTQIA+ people remain unseen in many official statistics, the Census Bureau, through its Household Pulse Survey, is providing needed visibility on the experience of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people in America during the pandemic.

39% of Southern adults who are late on housing payments are afraid they will be evicted or foreclosed upon in the next 2 months. Cities and counties can mitigate a wave of homelessness and instability by enacting one or more ordinances that hold landlords accountable for unjust evictions, and stop eviction processes when past due rent is paid with reasonable late fees.

Putting food on the table has been a problem throughout the pandemic as low-wage workers suffered heavy job losses. More than 1 in 10 Southern adults reported their families didn’t have enough to eat in September.

Climate disasters have compounded the nation’s misery since the pandemic struck. Disasters have been most frequent in the South such that 68% of Southerners have experienced a disaster over the last 18 months compared to 55% of non-Southerners.