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Tag: Poverty

Where You Live Impacts Your Health Right Down To The ZIP Code

State issues, Studies•by Michael Depland•Posted March 6, 2019

Life expectancy is inextricably tied to an individual’s socioeconomic circumstances; this is fairly common knowledge. However, what is less known…

Tags: Health, Neighborhood inequality, Poverty

Report: Texas childhood poverty largely divided by place and race

State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted April 13, 2016

African-American and Hispanic children in Texas are around three times likelier to live in poverty than white children. That’s one of…

Tags: Fair housing, Poverty

Still waiting for help: The lessons of Hurricane Katrina on poverty

Local issues•by •Posted August 31, 2015

This article was originally published on The Conversation, and is republished here in accordance with their Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivatives license.…

Tags: Austin, Hurricane Katrina, Poverty, Republished

2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit Report: How support points limit housing options for low income families

State issues•by •Posted August 25, 2015

This week Texas Housers will release the 2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit report, an analysis of the state’s competitive process to…

Tags: Charlie, Disparate impact, Fair housing, Housing Tax Credits, LIHTC, Poverty, Staff post, state representatives

Mayor Adler’s State of the City address emphasizes Austin’s problems with housing affordability

Uncategorized•by •Posted April 21, 2015

The Austin American-Statesman described Austin Mayor Steve Adler’s State of the City address, which he delivered on Monday, as “somber.” We…

Tags: Affordable housing, Austin, Poverty

TxLIHIS policy analyst Josué Ramírez supports colonia residents’ search for solutions

Activities, Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted April 1, 2013

Although only 24 years old, Josué Ramírez has taken on a leading role in working with grassroots community leaders to…

Tags: Affordable housing, Cameron County, Colonias, Disaster recovery, Hidalgo County, Hurricane Dolly, Josué Ramirez, Poverty, Rio Grande Valley, South Texas

The Poverty of an Idea – NYTimes.com

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted March 3, 2012

An Op-Ed by Maurice Isserman, a professor of history in today’s NYT frames the competing views of poverty in the US quite…

Tags: Poverty, Poverty in the United States

More Texas kids live in concentrated poverty than in any other state

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted February 23, 2012

What does it mean to a child to grow up in a neighborhood where poverty is concentrated? That is a…

Tags: Housing segregation, Poverty, Poverty in the United States

Houston experiences largest growth of poor population in American metros

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted August 5, 2011

Other central cities that saw populations of the poor soar between 2000 and 2007 included Dallas, Phoenix, Indianapolis, Columbus, San Antonio,…

Tags: Poverty

The budget cap deal means the opportunity to address poverty is slipping away

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted August 2, 2011

On the debt ceiling deal I’m no expert, but like everyone I have a personal opinion. My focus is on…

Tags: Housing budget, Poverty

TX Tribune story may lead to a misdiagnosis of colonia conditions and health problems

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 10, 2011

The second of a two-part Texas Tribune story on the colonias that ran today on the Tribune’s website and in…

Tags: Colonias, Housing policy, Poverty, Texas Tribune

CNN says, “Impoverished border town grows from shacks into community” – not exactly

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 9, 2011

Whoever at CNN wrote the headline above does not understand what happened in the Las Lomas colonia. The headline says, “Impoverished border…

Tags: Colonias, Poverty, Starr County

The real poverty rate in US is much higher

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 22, 2009

In Ben Bernanke’s America, the recession is ending, stocks are rising, and cash is flowing. The housing crisis is over:…

Tags: Poverty

Latest data shows 3.8 million Texans live in poverty

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted September 17, 2009

The number of Texans living in poverty is up 537,000 over the past decade according to data from the US…

Tags: Poverty

An interesting new, on-line look at Texas poverty

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 6, 2009

The College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin has unveiled a very useful and interesting way to…

Tags: Poverty

87 percent of Texas communities exceed US poverty rate in new survey

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted January 1, 2009

My New Year’s resolution is to put doing something about the high levels of Texas poverty on our state’s agenda…

Tags: Poverty
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