In a candid conversation at Marillac House in East Garfield Park, Deanna Hallagan and LaToya Winters advocate for the importance of outliers in breaking the cycle of poverty on Chicago’s West Side. More »
Seven years after France established housing as a right that people can legally demand from the state, a housing crisis persists. Sociologist Levy-Vroelant argues that the root of the problem is the absence of a national consensus on housing as a collective va... More »
Researchers find that the mechanisms behind past slum development success stories do not adequately translate to fixing slums in the modern developing world. More »
A new study examines the prevalence of eviction in the lives of low-income women living in Milwaukee. More »
In American cities, economic and racial segregation play a dual role in perpetuating concentrated poverty. More »
Authors investigate the role infrastructure improvement can play in improving outcomes for the developing world's urban poor More »