How Covid-19's impact on working women dovetails with housing issues

Early on in the pandemic, a team member at the Alcohol Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County resigned.

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Leah Evans, vice president of real estate development at Homeport, said the pandemic has impacted women in how they work, where they can work and if they can work. It brought issues like affordable housing, mental health and inequitable ways of work to the forefront of many people's minds.

"We need to talk differently about how we position women at work," Evans said. "We need to make sure women don't unduly bare the burden of housework, child rearing, mental health, elder care."

Another thing that the pandemic has exacerbated is the eviction crisis, said Carlie Boos, executive director of Affordable Housing Alliance of Central Ohio.

"It's not been a great 18 months," Boos said. "It's been a roller coaster. For people living in it, it's been chaotic."

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