Black families pay more to keep their houses warm than average American families

By: George C. Homsy, Binghamton University, State University of New York and Ki Eun Kang, California State University, San Bernardino, The Conversation

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Published: November 18, 2025

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By George C. Homsy, Binghamton University, State University of New York and Ki Eun Kang, California State University, San Bernardino

Rising energy costs consume a bigger and bigger chunk of family budgets in the United States. Our research has found that for many African American families, those costs take an extra big bite out of their incomes. This bite, the percentage of a household’s income used to pay energy bills, is called a household’s …

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