Report: U.S. Rentals Unaffordable to Poor
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Most Americans who rely on just a full-time job earning the federal minimum wage cannot afford the rent and utilities on a one- or two-bedroom apartment, an advocacy group on low-income housing reported Monday.
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It is not just tough to find a place to live when you&#39;re earning minimum wage. It&#39;s practically impossible. According to an annual survey by a
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Business & money: Hundreds of thousands of tenants are continuing to live in substandard housing for fear of being evicted if they complain, report says.
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UNICEF has damned Britain and the United States as the worst places for children to live among wealthy nations, in a new report which caused widespread soul-searching.
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The number of Americans living in poverty increased last year, with nearly 36 million people below the poverty line, 1.3 million more than last year, the US Census Bureau reported yesterday.
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Changes set to take effect Oct. 1 in how the government decides the amount of help poor people get to pay the rent could force some families into more expensive or substandard housing, lawmakers and advocacy groups contend.
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A new report says disabled children are not getting the care they need because too much money is spent on administration
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RENT STRUGGLES: The typical worker must earn at least &#36;15.37 an hour &#151; nearly three times the federal minimum wage &#151; to afford rent and utilities for a two-bedroom apartment, the National Low Income Housing Coalition says.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 7 -- Despite an intensified campaign against poverty, World Bank programs have failed to lift incomes in many poor countries over the past decade, leaving tens of millions of people suffering stagnating or declining living standards, according to a report released Thursday by the...
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Thousands of tenants put up with poor housing because they fear eviction if they complain, a charity says.
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Some 1.3 million Americans slid into  poverty in 2003 as the ranks of the poor swelled to 35.9  million, with children and blacks worse off than most, the U.S.  government said on Thursday in a report sure to fuel Democratic  criticism of President Bush.
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One year after Katrina, the government is still squandering tens of millions of dollars in wasted disaster aid, including $17 million in bogus rental payments to people who had already received free trailers and apartments, federal investigators said Wednesday.
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The Bush administration has proposed reducing the value of subsidized-housing vouchers in New York City and some urban areas of New England.
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A minimum-wage paycheck falls well short of what many Tri-State residents need to cover rent, according to a study released Monday by the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
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Boosting homeownership tops President Bush's housing agenda, but the biggest battle facing his administration during the second term is how to overhaul a program that helps 2 million poor families pay their rent.
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WASHINGTON -- A new report indicates that one in every five US jobs pays less than a poverty-level wage for a family of four. As a result, nearly 39 million Americans, including 20 million children, are members
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Red tape, corruption and a lack of public support for government policies are hampering investment in the poorest countries, a report from the World Bank revealed yesterday.