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Property tax reform in Detroit could boost homeownership and attract new residents and businesses.
Research shows where those cost-of-living stresses are greatest. It’s not the vast bulk of middle income Australia, but working age welfare recipients.
Unequal access to contraception poses risks to reproductive-age women, families and Nigeria’s development.
For residents who can’t afford to move, rising lot rents can mean losing everything.
Short-term renewals of policies such as the ACA subsidies set up repeated battles in Congress.
The measure enables broad tax cuts that disproportionately favor wealthy households while forcing its costs on the most economically vulnerable Americans.
Where children in a household are working, adults may stop looking for jobs.
Unpaid caring roles, lack of workplace flexibility and so-called female jobs contribute to women retiring with less money than men.
The stigma around poverty and government benefits can make those initiatives less effective.
Canada’s zero-emissions vehicle sales target will need hundreds of thousands of EV charging points to be installed in homes, workplaces, retail spaces and along highway corridors in the coming years.
Green spaces have the potential to reduce heat and improve health, especially in urban areas.
Our new report, released today, reveals a social housing system in crisis.
It’s getting much harder in the US to find an affordable home, even for people who work multiple jobs.
As inflation bites, targeted relief for those most affected by the rising cost of living would be the best short-term option.
Driver’s license suspensions increase the probability that Black – but not white – drivers incur more traffic tickets, even after the debt is paid, research shows.
Emergency welfare relief during the pandemic shows ‘transformational’ child poverty action is politically and economically possible.
Kenya’s urban poor lack enough food and the little they can afford is often unsafe and of poor nutritional value.
Mismanaged and in disrepair, many low-income housing complexes are nonetheless seen as important avatars of modern architecture. But are calls for their preservation forgetting those who matter most?
Regular home visits by community health workers helped to increase breastfeeding rates in Kenya.
Top contributors
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African Population and Health Research Center
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Senior Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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African Population and Health Research Center
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Research Fellow, Australian National University
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Professor, Discipline of Political Economy, University of Sydney
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Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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Alan Morris is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney
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Researcher, The University of Melbourne
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Research Officer, African Population and Health Research Center
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Ford Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor, College of Business, Government & Law, Flinders University
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Professor and Director, Australian School of Architecture and Design, UNSW
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)