Urban Poverty
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Breaking the Cycle of Urban Poverty with Deanna Hallagan and LaToya Winters
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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.
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Housing ‘On The House’: The Common Good Problem in French Social Housing
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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 value.
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Ending Poverty? Modern Slums and Stagnation in Government Action
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Researchers find that the mechanisms behind past slum development success stories do not adequately translate to fixing slums in the modern developing world.
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Who Isn’t Paying the Rent?: Gender Discrepancies in Eviction
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A new study examines the prevalence of eviction in the lives of low-income women living in Milwaukee.
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The Mystery of Concentrated Poverty: The Hidden Role of Cross-Race Income Segregation
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In American cities, economic and racial segregation play a dual role in perpetuating concentrated poverty.
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Alleviating Poverty with Pavement?
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Authors investigate the role infrastructure improvement can play in improving outcomes for the developing world’s urban poor