Detroit neighborhood | Susan J. Demas The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought financial havoc on many. It has magnified the systemic sexism and racism in housing and has the potential to leave millions of people — especially women and their families — homeless come February, unless we take quick action. The unfortunate reality is that we have had a housing crisis for decades and COVID-19 has exacerbated it. The stimulus funds that Congress sent to help Americans stay afloat in the spring have dried up.