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New RAY of hope for slumdwellers in city

Mumbai's salt pans and Union government-owned tracts of land that are currently encroached upon could soon be opened up for slum rehabilitation projects under the Centre’s ambitious Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY). While Chief Minister [...]

Posted On : Sep, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

City's poverty rate jumps past 20%

New York City's poverty rate jumped to 20.1% in 2010 from 18.7% in 2009 and median family income plummeted 6% to $53,593 as the aftershocks of the Great Recession reverberated throughout the five boroughs. New figures released Thur [...]

Posted On : Sep, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

City Council inauguration calls attention to poverty, improv...

Only one new face joined the Austin City Council in their inauguration Tuesday night, but new Place 3 member Kathie Tovo is expected to bring new perspectives on education and neighborhood zoning. The inauguration welcomed the new an [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

City’s new poverty czar eager to begin

One moment Paul Johnson is the executive director of Wesley Urban Ministries, one of the city’s most respected social service agencies. The next he’s Hamilton’s new poverty czar, quietly hired by the city to direct the [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

A city of kids living in poverty

They grew up around violence, watched as mates were jailed and witnessed loved ones sleeping rough.Others have turned to robbing people and homes to get money for food, alcohol and drugs.Porirua teenagers Merika Harper Brown, 16, and Mark V [...]