Add to ORKGNearly half of all renter households in Massachusetts - 415,000 households - are shelter poor. After paying for their housing, they do not have enough resources left to meet their non-shelter needs for food, clothing, medical care, transportation, etc., at even a minimal level of adequacy. The median income of these shelter poor renters in Massachusetts is only $14,000 a year. This is just 16 percent of the median family income for Metro Boston (AMI). Shelter poverty is a more realistic approach to assessing affordability than the conventional 30 percent of income standard because it takes into account the cost of non-shelter necessities and taxes in Massachusetts for households of various sizes and types
Ninety percent of the 1,100 families who utilize the state\u27s shelter system annually are headed b...
In Massachusetts, more than half a million children (15% of all children) live in poverty, 30% of al...
In Massachusetts, more than half a million children (15% of all children) live in poverty, 30% of al...
Nearly half of all renter households in Massachusetts - 415,000 households - are shelter poor. Aft...
There were about 121,000 Latino-headed households in Massachusetts in 2000 – nearly 5% of all househ...
This paper argues, first, that most housing problems—in Boston and throughout the nation—are ultimat...
The chapter examines the housing affordability problem in the U.S. through the lens of the shelter p...
The Clayton-Mathews and Wilson 2003 analysis of Massachusetts ’ expenditures of state and federal do...
This paper examines housing affordability in the United States over the past three decades using the...
This paper examines housing affordability in the United States over the past three decades using the...
This paper argues, first, that most housing problems—in Boston and throughout the nation—are ultimat...
This paper argues, first, that most housing problems—in Boston and throughout the nation—are ultimat...
This paper examines housing affordability in the United States over the past three decades using the...
Household status matters in terms of poverty. People living in married-couples families are much les...
Massachusetts has lower poverty rates compared to the US average for all families with children. The...
Ninety percent of the 1,100 families who utilize the state\u27s shelter system annually are headed b...
In Massachusetts, more than half a million children (15% of all children) live in poverty, 30% of al...
In Massachusetts, more than half a million children (15% of all children) live in poverty, 30% of al...
Nearly half of all renter households in Massachusetts - 415,000 households - are shelter poor. Aft...
There were about 121,000 Latino-headed households in Massachusetts in 2000 – nearly 5% of all househ...
This paper argues, first, that most housing problems—in Boston and throughout the nation—are ultimat...
The chapter examines the housing affordability problem in the U.S. through the lens of the shelter p...
The Clayton-Mathews and Wilson 2003 analysis of Massachusetts ’ expenditures of state and federal do...
This paper examines housing affordability in the United States over the past three decades using the...
This paper examines housing affordability in the United States over the past three decades using the...
This paper argues, first, that most housing problems—in Boston and throughout the nation—are ultimat...
This paper argues, first, that most housing problems—in Boston and throughout the nation—are ultimat...
This paper examines housing affordability in the United States over the past three decades using the...
Household status matters in terms of poverty. People living in married-couples families are much les...
Massachusetts has lower poverty rates compared to the US average for all families with children. The...
Ninety percent of the 1,100 families who utilize the state\u27s shelter system annually are headed b...
In Massachusetts, more than half a million children (15% of all children) live in poverty, 30% of al...
In Massachusetts, more than half a million children (15% of all children) live in poverty, 30% of al...