The research also found that people of color were disproportionally affected by a lack of household water, a situation defined by the authors as "plumbing poverty," in 12 of the 15 largest cities.

A Normanton based engineering firm has teamed up with a charity to tackle clothing poverty. Sew-Eurodrive UK has joined ...

The report identifies how governments can optimize fiscal policy to help correct course. Progress in reducing global poverty has essentially halted: by 2030, nearly 7 percent of the world's population ...

I need this to charge my girls’ tablets so they can do their school homework, I can’t put the oven on as well.’” There is help out there for people facing fuel poverty (and those who just can’t afford ...

Children’s Aid provides essential help with food and housing for families in New York City, where tens of thousands of ...

"Most people who shoplift tend to not be those who are absolutely in need or living in poverty," said psychologist Sabina Read ... and when we can't change the behaviour without professional help." ...

Poverty shapes opportunities, health, education, and even how people see themselves. In this article, we’ll look at 15 important things everyone should know about poverty. These insights help us ...

The Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council just issued recommendations to cut the state’s child poverty rate in half, as ...

So doing could lower child poverty by 15.7% more, CPRAC said. The report proposed applying the same rules about income disregards to people applying ... the changes could help over 1.5 million ...

A new report card is sounding the alarm on childhood poverty in Nova Scotia. More than two in five Nova Scotian children are living in food-insecure households, according to Statistics Canada—a ...

Relative and absolute poverty can be presented before and after housing costs (these include rent or mortgage interest, buildings insurance and water rates) and are presented after direct taxes and ...