Place

“Place” refers to where people live, learn, and/or work, and/or the characteristics thereof. It is often used interchangeably with “geography” and “location” in the poverty studies arena. Common measures of place include urbanicity (urban, exurban, suburban, rural), neighborhood, census tract, and region.

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Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement 40(1), September 2024: Housing Precarity: When Renters Struggle to Find and Keep a Home

  • Edited by James T. Spartz
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2024
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Housing Voucher Lease-Up Rates

  • Ingrid Gould Ellen, Katherine O’Regan, and Sarah Strochak
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2024
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Eviction, Gentrification, and Renter Displacement

  • Peter Hepburn, Renee Louis, and Matthew Desmond
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2024
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Housing-Cost Burden Among U.S. Renters

  • Gregg Colburn, Christian Hess, Ryan Allen, and Kyle Crowder
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2024
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Carl Gershenson On Eviction and the Rental Housing Crisis in the Rural United States

  • Carl Gershenson
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  • 2024
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José Loya On How Race, Gender, And Age affect Access To Mortgage Credit And The Implications For Inequality

  • José Loya
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  • 2024
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Policy and Practice Approaches To Supporting Low-income Renters At Risk of Eviction

  • Michael Lens, Eva Rosen, and Jennifer Prusak
  • Webinar
  • 2024
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Maretta McDonald on Wealth Inequality and Housing Values of Black Meccas in the New South

  • Maretta McDonald
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  • 2024
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IRP Book Talk: Luke Shaefer on The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America

  • Luke Shaefer
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  • 2024
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U.S. Federal and State Poverty-Reduction Policy: Divergence in Discretion

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 2024