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Download full textErb-Downward, Jennifer; Cooney, Patrick; Blakeslee, Michael; Nothaft, Amanda; Merchant, Safiya; Evangelist, Michael; Peterson, Natalie – Poverty Solutions, University of Michigan, 2021
Detroit has a long and complicated history with housing instability, and obtaining safe and stable housing is a significant challenge, particularly for low-income residents. For many renters, housing quality is poor, rents are high, and eviction is common. In 2017, 16% of households with children in Detroit reported being either evicted or forced…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Housing, Low Income Groups, Children
Carasso, Adam; Steuerle, C. Eugene; Reynolds, Gillian – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2007
This report tracks federal spending from 1960 to 2006 and uses current policy and some assumptions to project activity through 2017. The report looks at more than 100 major programs that aim to improve children's lives through income security, health care, social services, food and nutritional aid, housing, education, training, and tax credits and…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Expenditures, Children, Federal Aid
Clay, Phillip L. – 1987
This report explores the dimensions of the potential loss of low-rent housing, its causes, and the possible solutions. Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2, "Housing the Poor: Trends and Issues," includes the following sections: (1) "Trends in the Incidence of Poverty"; and (2) "Trends in Low Rent Housing." Chapter…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Federal Aid, Futures (of Society), Housing Deficiencies
Dolbeare, Cushing N.; Canales, Judith A. – 1988
This report examines the housing characteristics and needs of Hispanic households in the United States, drawing on information from the 1980 Census and the 1983 Annual Housing Survey. Among the conclusions are the following: (1) housing quality is a major problem for more than one in six Hispanic families; (2) among Hispanic subgroups, Puerto…
Descriptors: Age, Census Figures, Ethnic Discrimination, Family Income
Leonard, Paul A.; And Others – 1989
For most low-income households, housing has become increasingly unaffordable. High housing cost burdens have serious implications, including the growing problems of homelessness and hunger. Data on national trends and housing conditions suggest that just as the affordable housing problems worsened dramatically for low-income households between the…
Descriptors: Blacks, Census Figures, Family Problems, Federal Programs
Huddleston, Richard; Duran, Angela – 2002
Using data from several government and private sources and interviews with working families, this report examines the Arkansas economy, how Arkansas working families have fared economically in recent years, and their current challenges. The report offers suggestions about how the state can provide the tools families need to continue to move up the…
Descriptors: Children, Counties, Economic Factors, Educational Attainment
