This ICPH research brief is the 11th in a series that highlights the characteristics of families with young children who become homeless in the urban United States. The series explores poverty in the context of housing status and puts a spotlight on the characteristics that make families who experience homelessness different from otherwise similar poor families who consistently maintain stable housing. The current brief extends the research presented in briefs one through six and explores differences in housing stability by race. Racial differences in marriage, fertility, education, employment, and health contribute to disparities in housing stability.