Home Education Evictions, high rents and strict rules plague in-home child care

Evictions, high rents and strict rules plague in-home child care

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When Janet Torres set out to open her small child care business last year, she needed to move out of her studio apartment first. She knew she wouldn’t be able to afford buying a home where she lives in San Diego, which has one of the hottest real estate markets in the country, but she didn’t realize how difficult it would be to find another rental.

“I just went in to the open houses and said, ‘I want this place because I’m looking to open a daycare,’ and immediately I saw their faces kind of turn completely on me,” said Torres, who worked at child care centers for more than a decade before deciding to start her own business.

Providers often face this kind of challenge when they try to rent a space, according to several advocates for in-home child care. Yet purchasing a home can be difficult when 59 percent of in-home providers make less than the national median household income. The disparity is even wider for people of color: 75 percent of Black in-home providers earn below the national median.

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