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17 hours ago
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ASHINGTON, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Since the beginning of the current recession, homeownership and mobility rates have dropped; poverty has increased; and commuting patterns have shifted toward greener, more cost-effective options,
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2 hours ago
t’s also a huge drain on public resources, resulting in overcrowded schools and overstretched social service provision. But if these units and the population that resides in them could be planned for, it could really be a resource for the city."
2 hours ago
Neighbours say 64-year-old David Askew had been targeted by gangs at his home in Hattersley, Greater ManchesterA man with learning difficulties who died at his home last night was "tormented to death" by local youths, neighbours claimed today.Police had been warned that 64-year-old David Askew was b[...]
4 hours ago
• £70m needed this year and next to feed poor and hungry
• Traditional donors, including Britain, have yet to offer aidMillions of Yemenis are starving while the international community focuses on security issues and tackling al-Qaida, according to the United Nations.Vital deliveries of fo[...]
• Traditional donors, including Britain, have yet to offer aidMillions of Yemenis are starving while the international community focuses on security issues and tackling al-Qaida, according to the United Nations.Vital deliveries of fo[...]
5 hours ago
Politicians have been accused of lacking the will to fix the problems afflicting ordinary residence rules, which can place a huge burden on some local authorities and trap disabled people in unsuitable housing.
6 hours ago
Chief inspector of constabulary says forces' recording of information about harassment, criminal damage and verbal abuse is inadequatePolice forces in England and Wales are failing to take antisocial behaviour seriously and urgent action must be taken to improve understanding of the toll it takes on[...]
7 hours ago
HousingAssociation.png A Cheshire housing association, Cheshire Peaks Plains, has turned to GPS vehicle tracking to improve the way contractors like builders and electricians servicing its properties schedule their jobs. The system,
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Authorities apologise over missed warnings of incest as report reveals culture of 'quiet word' rather than actionA series of failures by child protection professionals were detailed today in a withering report that described how a father was allowed to continually rape and abuse two of his daughters[...]
15 hours ago
Four social work students are partnering with United Way of Tarrant County to collect items for the Presbyterian Night Shelter in Fort Worth.
The Shorthorn via Yahoo! News 17 hours ago
WASHINGTON, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Since the beginning of the current recession, homeownership and mobility rates have dropped; poverty has increased; and commuting patterns have shifted toward greener, more cost-effective options,
Interest!ALERT via Moreover.com News 17 hours ago
More than 200 low-income families have the opportunity to live in new, high-quality affordable housing with this week's grand opening of Wolff Waters Place, a $90MM green development near Palm Springs designed for families earning 35-50 percent of the
Atlanta Business Chronicle via Moreover.com News 17 hours ago
To cut the budget deficit, Governor Quinn may be forced to make cuts in social services and agencies across Chicago are devastated at the thought of losing funding. They say these programs are needed to help the poor.
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18 hours ago
NEW tenants living in Basildon’s council houses can now get the benefits they are entitled to more quickly. St Georges Community Housing, the company which looks after Basildon Council’s 13,000 council homes, has formed a new 'sign-up' team to offer
Basildon Recorder via Moreover.com News 18 hours ago
Bradford is the UK's most affordable city, with people on local earnings able to buy 82% of homes in the area, research has shown.
Matlock Mercury via Moreover.com News 19 hours ago
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Utility Week via Moreover.com News 20 hours ago
An extra consultation could be held by Wiltshire Council over a document detailing where new houses will be built in Wiltshire. Wiltshire Council chief Jane Scott has hinted at an extra consultation in Chippenham on the draft Wiltshire Core Strategy,
Wiltshire Times via Moreover.com News 20 hours ago
Authorities apologise over missed warnings of incest as report reveals culture of 'quiet word' rather than actionA series of failures by child protection professionals were detailed today in a withering report that described how a father was allowed to continually rape and abuse two of his daughters[...]
21 hours ago
Suspicions of paternity rife but crucial opportunities to intervene missed 'individually and collectively'He was a father who was out of control, with a family around him too scared to come forward and explain what was going on. The fear he engendered was total – but according to the report publis[...]
21 hours ago
That a woman was made homeless for not having enough electricity reveals America's modern-day sumptuary lawsIf you see a woman drowning the decent thing to do is toss her a life buoy, or at least leave her the hell alone; sitting on her head to push her deeper under water is wholly unacceptable beha[...]
21 hours ago
CONSTRUCTION and maintenance firm Rok insists it is capable of riding out sweeping public sector spending cuts after shifting its business towards more resilient social housing revenues. The group, which styles itself 'The Nation's Local Builder' and has
Yorkshire Post via Moreover.com News 22 hours ago
Bradford is the UK's most affordable city, with people on local earnings able to buy 82% of homes in the area, research has shown. Meanwhile, nationally housing affordability has remained at a seven-year high, despite the cost of property rising during
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22 hours ago
A St Helens-based social landlord has been shortlisted for two industry awards. Riverside is in line for the Frontline Housing Team of the Year and the Support/Care Team of the Year prize at the Housing Heroes Awards. Deborah Shackleton, Riverside's
St Helens Reporter via Moreover.com News 1 day ago
Union representing senior civil servants says it is 'simply untenable' to freeze the pay of senior staff as a 'political device'Union leaders representing senior civil servants today described the decision to impose a pay freeze on members as an "insult" to hardworking staff.Gordon Brown announced i[...]
1 day ago
The government loves to wheel out the phrase ‘tough green standards’ when talking about new developments. But does that mean anything? Yesterday, housing minister John Healey unveiled new ‘tough green standards’ for local authorities to demand
Inside Housing via Moreover.com News 1 day ago
The first council homes are to be built in a Nottinghamshire town for more than 30 years as part of a £5m project. Work to build the 45 new homes on Mansfield's Bellamy Road Estate is expected to start at the end of March. The district council said the
BBC News via Moreover.com News 1 day ago
SCOTTISH Borders Housing Association's controversial axing of its warden service was done amid a financial crisis that was costing them hundreds of thousands of pounds every year. That was revealed as chief executive Janice Cambridge released the figures
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1 week ago
UPDATE: The Census Bureau lays out the plan for the new, alternative-but-only-supplemental poverty measure (SPM).
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2 weeks ago
From Colorlines (h/t Poverty Law)
Since she was 16, Eva Hernández has worked a string of low-wage jobs. She’s prepared chicken at KFC, run the register at Dunkin Donuts, packed and sealed boxes at a produce company, and held other similar jobs in Hartford, Connecticut, where she was bo[...]
2 weeks ago
From the NYT:
Here and in swaths of many cities, evictions from rental properties are so common that they are part of the texture of life. New research is showing that eviction is a particular burden on low-income black women, often single mothers, who have an easier time renting apartmen[...]
5 weeks ago
I've just learned that it's National EITC Awareness Day! It is, in fact, among the most effective of American anti-poverty programs, which may be damning with faint praise, but still. . . . . .
More info from our friends at the IRS here.
More info from our friends at the IRS here.
7 weeks ago
From the Center for American Progress:The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. shifted his focus in the dwindling years of his life to an audacious, but achievable goal: ending poverty in the United States.In his book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?, King argued that the United States must cha[...]
8 weeks ago
Via Reuters:The latest budget plan from California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger would force 200,000 children off low-cost medical insurance, end in-home care for 350,000 infirm and elderly citizens and slash income assistance to hundreds of thousands more.And that's the best-case scenario under Sc[...]
9 weeks ago
The state of anti-poverty policy, such as it is. A panel discussion from the Woodrow Wilson Center, with Peter Edelman, Barbara Ehrenreich, Maria Foscarinis, Alice O'Connor, and Margaret Simms. Go -- watch.
UPDATE: Follow along at home:
Battered by the StormThe Second Bill of RightsNati[...]
UPDATE: Follow along at home:
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