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Scott Compton, senior policy advisor at Action for Children, writes about why the Labour government's child poverty strategy ...

The claim that a family needs six figures just to avoid poverty sounds like a provocation, but it is rooted in a detailed ...

A new study finds that young adults squeezed by rent and cramped space reported higher activity levels, but also ...

This year’s Inside Housing Give Fuel Poverty a Voice survey, in collaboration with safety technology specialist Aico, presents a mixed picture of how landlords are tackling rising fuel poverty ...

On Jan. 26, 2021, President Joe Biden signed four executive orders designed to address racial equity in the United States. With one particular action, Biden hopes to right the historical wrongs Black ...

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When factoring in housing costs and other basic necessities, nearly one in five Californians lives in poverty, according to data released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau. Under these measurements, ...