The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact across the US, but further strained Black families’ financial security, especially Black mothers. Black individuals were already disproportionately represented as low-wage workers and housing insecure prior to the pandemic. Further, Black women work in lower paying jobs than Black men and also have lower rates of home ownership than them. For example, as of June 2021, 77% of the homeless population in Charlotte, NC was Black. As of May 2021, 9.1% of Black workers in the US were also unemployed, compared to 5.1% of white workers. Black mothers face even higher levels of housing insecurity as they are less likely to be homeowners due, in part, to the housing crisis caused by COVID-19. They also may be more susceptible to work insecurity during the pandemic due to care and household responsibilities. Hence, the social consequences for housing insecure Black mothers (HIBM) are even more atrocious, as they attempt to navigate work during the pandemic. This study aims to examine how Black mothers overcome the various social barriers to work security while being housing insecureThis research has the potential to better understand the needs of Black mothers and help developsolutions for them and their families in order to improve the livelihoods of families in the housing crisis. The overall goal of this study is to inform policy changes to better help serve families with home insecurity.