No Refuge from the Fields: Findings from a Survey of Farmworker Housing Conditions in the United States

摘要

The survey collected information on 4,625 housing units occupied by farmworkers. There were 1,592 cases in the Eastern migrant stream, 1,367 in the Midwestern migrant stream, and 1,666 in the Western migrant stream. These units housed 24,433 people, of which 16,301 were adults and 8,132 were children. Children were present in almost 69 percent of the units examined. Single-family homes and apartments were the most common structure types. Single-family homes comprised 42 percent of the units, and 21 percent of the units examined were apartments. Employers owned 25 percent of all units, and 57 percent of employer- owned units were provided free of charge.