Where You Live Impacts Your Health Right Down To The ZIP Code
Life expectancy is inextricably tied to an individual’s socioeconomic circumstances; this is fairly common knowledge. However, what is less knownContinue Reading
Tag: Poverty
Report: Texas childhood poverty largely divided by place and race
African-American and Hispanic children in Texas are around three times likelier to live in poverty than white children. That’s one ofContinue Reading
Still waiting for help: The lessons of Hurricane Katrina on poverty
This article was originally published on The Conversation, and is republished here in accordance with their Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivatives license.Continue Reading
2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit Report: How support points limit housing options for low income families
This week Texas Housers will release the 2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit report, an analysis of the state’s competitive process toContinue Reading
Mayor Adler’s State of the City address emphasizes Austin’s problems with housing affordability
The Austin American-Statesman described Austin Mayor Steve Adler’s State of the City address, which he delivered on Monday, as “somber.” WeContinue Reading
TxLIHIS policy analyst Josué Ramírez supports colonia residents’ search for solutions
Although only 24 years old, Josué Ramírez has taken on a leading role in working with grassroots community leaders toContinue Reading
The Poverty of an Idea – NYTimes.com
An Op-Ed by Maurice Isserman, a professor of history in today’s NYT frames the competing views of poverty in the US quiteContinue Reading
More Texas kids live in concentrated poverty than in any other state
What does it mean to a child to grow up in a neighborhood where poverty is concentrated? That is aContinue Reading
Houston experiences largest growth of poor population in American metros
Other central cities that saw populations of the poor soar between 2000 and 2007 included Dallas, Phoenix, Indianapolis, Columbus, San Antonio,Continue Reading
The budget cap deal means the opportunity to address poverty is slipping away
On the debt ceiling deal I’m no expert, but like everyone I have a personal opinion. My focus is onContinue Reading
TX Tribune story may lead to a misdiagnosis of colonia conditions and health problems
The second of a two-part Texas Tribune story on the colonias that ran today on the Tribune’s website and inContinue Reading
CNN says, “Impoverished border town grows from shacks into community” – not exactly
Whoever at CNN wrote the headline above does not understand what happened in the Las Lomas colonia. The headline says, “Impoverished borderContinue Reading
The real poverty rate in US is much higher
In Ben Bernanke’s America, the recession is ending, stocks are rising, and cash is flowing. The housing crisis is over:Continue Reading
Latest data shows 3.8 million Texans live in poverty
The number of Texans living in poverty is up 537,000 over the past decade according to data from the USContinue Reading
An interesting new, on-line look at Texas poverty
The College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin has unveiled a very useful and interesting way toContinue Reading
87 percent of Texas communities exceed US poverty rate in new survey
My New Year’s resolution is to put doing something about the high levels of Texas poverty on our state’s agendaContinue Reading