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In 2019, an estimated 568,000 Americans were experiencing homelessness.

Low wages and a stagnant housing market have pushed Salinas families to the margins. Advocates say the city’s low-income farmworker community bears the heaviest burden.

Areas where minority residents were denied mortgage loans and insurance in the mid-20th century are now home to some of the city’s hottest temperatures, according to new research.

The one-year lock, which applies to units getting a federal housing credit, aims to stabilize rents for low-income residents.

The report says with Michigan in the bottom five states for equitable K-12 school funding, the state should change its education funding system

A new report from Education Reform Now finds that some of the state’s highest ranked universities fall below the national average when serving Pell Grant students.

Record amounts of Latinos are attending colleges, but they’re intimidated by the cost, whiteness and bureaucracy.

It doesn’t hurt to check if you qualify, officials say.

Organizers hope the new space will bring food to hungry local residents and provide an opportunity for entrepreneurship.

As many as 15,000 people in Baltimore could see their food stamps benefits slashed under a new Trump administration rule that tightens eligibility requirements.

In the Empire State, nearly 29% of state revenues went toward Medicaid payments, according to an analysis by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

The bipartisan proposal announced Thursday must still pass the Legislature. The state’s past expansion efforts have stalled.

“We are on a very tight timeline, and with no investment from the federal government, we need to do right by the taxpayer and make sure we’re setting people up for success,” one state leader said.

In West Virginia, tougher work requirements for receiving food stamps complicated life for poor people, but did not result in increased employment.

Although key health indicators improved in Philadelphia in 2018, it lags behind other major U.S. cities.

The new program is an example of the local solutions emerging in cities as leaders grapple with growing affordability crises.

Despite the availability of winter protection against utility shut-offs, advocates said Thursday that eligible, low-income families continue to receive shut-off notices from Eversource for relatively low delinquencies.

A skid row group is suing Los Angeles over a program that provides an alternative to criminal charges for minor offenses, arguing that it denies people a chance at a fair hearing and is “unnavigable” for people who are poor, homeless or disabled.

The clock started ticking Jan. 1 for about 50,000 food stamp recipients in Cook County who are now limited to three months of benefits over three years, unless they work, volunteer or participate in job training for at least 20 hours a week. there are grave concerns on multiple fronts that the state’s workforce development system isn’t equipped to handle all the people who might need help securing employment, and that many people might not learn the rules even exist until their benefits are cut off.

Minnesotans on food stamps would lose out if utility deduction changes.

“I appreciate the opportunity for a second chance, just to be heard.”

“Putting people in jail constantly for [probation violations] will actually increase recidivism and decrease public safety.”

“Bail reform is well meaning, but there are unintended consequences,” a prosecutor said.

The Trump administration is taking steps to roll back an Obama-era rule intended to ensure that communities address racial segregation in housing.

Wages rose faster for low-income workers than for any other group in 2019. The gains are partly explained by the tight labor market. But increases in minimum wages also contributed to the gains.

The long economic recovery and a worker shortage are finally beginning to pay off for earners at the bottom of the income ladder.

The Labor Department’s monthly jobs report suggests that the economy ended 2019 on a steady footing.

New research from The New School Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis shows that Social Security retirement benefits help narrow the gap between the haves and have nots. But it’s not enough to prevent some workers from facing poverty in retirement.

The new study from Vanderbilt and Harvard researchers will likely fuel new arguments in Tennessee’s debate over Medicaid expansion.

Increased availability of addiction treatment for the poor linked to fewer heroin and fentanyl opioid deaths

The number of states making it easier for inmates to reactivate benefits has tripled.

A legislative committee studying Georgia’s troubling record of maternal deaths has found the s…

Perinatal or postpartum depression is surprisingly common, affecting more than one in 10 California women on average. But among low-income women the rate is almost one in five.