Those struggling with housing debt less likely to vote – study

People struggling to meet their housing costs are least likely to vote on Election Day, according to a new study from Apartment List. The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic fallout have been major issues in this year’s presidential race, and President Donald Trump has recently contracted the virus himself. “Amid this continued volatility, we find that widespread struggles with housing costs have been troublingly stable since the start of the pandemic,” said study authors Igor Popov, Rob Warnock and Chris Salviati. Seventy-one percent of homeowners made a complete on-time mortgage payment in October, down from 73% in September. October is still an improvement over August, which had the highest rate of missed mortgage payments since Apartment List began the survey in April. The share of renters who made complete on-time payments in October increased slightly, with 31% failing to pay on time. T