The Covid-19 pandemic has set in motion an unprecedented economic downturn and exposed the deep failings of our housing system. Even before the pandemic, nearly 38 million US households were spending more than they could afford on housing, and more than half a million people were unhoused. Less than 1 percent of housing is both affordable and accessible to people living with disabilities. Women of color suffer the highest eviction rates and cost burden, and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, Native American, and Black communities experience the highest rates of homelessness. Before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, many people were only one missed paycheck away from forgoing rent or other basic necessities like food and medicine. Since then, unemployment claims have surged to unprecedented levels—nearly 50 million from March through June 2020—and many people are not getting the benefits they need. Workers of color, who were already paying more than they could afford on housing, are most impacted by this crisis, and they disproportionately make up the frontline workforce as well as those facing job and income loss. Asian American and Pacific Islander communities are facing a rise in hate crimes fueled by xenophobic rhetoric about the pandemic, causing physical harm as well as economic and job losses.