How to Bring Back the American Dream

Some of the best coaches we can find to help struggling children escape poverty may be other children and their families.

This housing program helped kids escape poverty — by changing who they befriended

In the 1990s, Congress created HOPE VI, a program that demolished old public housing projects and replaced them with more ...
KJZZ

Report: Increasing housing supply does not equal affordability for low income renters

Phoenix has been grappling with the problem of affordable housing for years now. We are one of the fastest-growing housing ...
KERA News

Most new housing in North Texas is out of reach for low-income renters, study shows

A new study finds that more new units are available in the region but they're unaffordable for low-income families.
The Daily Cardinal

Madison housing agency to build more than 400 low-income rental homes after city council approves $14 million in funding

Madison’s city council approved over $14 million in funding in December to help support Affordable Rental Housing Development ...
Time

The History of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit—And How it Could Improve Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

An affordable housing development under construction in Hell's Kitchen, New York City. An affordable housing development under construction in Hell's Kitchen, New York City. Deb Cohn-Orbach—Universal ...
American Enterprise Institute

Subsidized Housing and Upward Mobility

In 1983, Harvard scholars Mary Jo Bane and David Ellwood sought to determine the length of time participants in Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) spent in the program. Their report, ...