Zillow Study Finds Women Shut Out Of 18% Of Housing Market
Summary
A study released today by Zillow demonstrates that 18% of the housing market is out of reach for women due to the gender pay gap. "This study shows how severely the gender pay gap limits women in the housing market, but thats only the start of a compounding impact," said Zillow economist Nicole Bachaud. This gap in access can be as wide as 22% of the housing market depending on the industry women work in, Zillow found in its study. The study says construction industry incomes are the nearest to parity, with men earning only 0.1% more and able to afford virtually the same share of the housing market. For example, women in the transportation industry can afford 12 to 13 percentage points more of the market than men in Milwaukee and Washington, D.C.