Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
The reality of homelessness, inadequate housing, and the lack of affordable housing is a national disgrace. This reality undermines the life and dignity of so many of our brothers and sisters who lack a decent place to live. It destroys lives and families. The crime of homelessness is not that people live in filthy camps under bridges, or that fami
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of government in 1967. Under pressure from these and other critical lobbies, legislators made key concessions to accommodate conservative opposition and sustain necessary funding. As part of a 1967 amendment to the Economic Opportunity Act, Congress required each center to provide care only for people below the poverty line, rather than for the com
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The results from the MTO housing mobility experiment showed mixed results. In general, adults reported better measures of happiness and improvements in physical health and perceptions of safety.29 Adult women that moved to the low-poverty neighborhoods were also significantly less likely to become morbidly obese and have signs of diabetes.30 For gi
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