Habitat for Humanity dramatically improves families’ lives, study finds, By John Reinan, November 12, 2015, Star Tribune: “The before-and-after picture is dramatic for people who move into a Habitat for Humanity home in Minnesota. Once they move into their new homes, Habitat families make more money and use fewer government social programs. Their kids do better in school. Families feel safer and spend more time together. All in all, 92 percent of Habitat homeowners say their lives are better since they moved into their homes…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty