Financial, health inequalities plagued Houston before Covid-19, Kinder Institute survey finds

The divide between the haves and have-nots was great in the Houston region even before the novel coronavirus began to spread in the community, according to a new Rice University survey.

The 39th annual Kinder Houston Area Survey, released May 18 by Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, surveyed Houstonians in February and early March — just before the Covid-19 outbreak began to significantly impact the region. The survey was based on a representative sample of 1,001 Harris County…