A total of 46 eligible men participated in seven focus group discussions conducted at locations operated by three collaborating community-based organizations (CBOs) in Los Angeles and a mission that provides shelter, housing, food, recovery, and other services to those in need. One CBO provides a...
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is responsible for setting income limits for eligibility for certain housing programs related to public housing, Section 202 housing for the elderly, or Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, and Section 811 housing for individuals with disabilities. Individuals...
Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action ($600,000 over 2 years) to help build commitment at the state and national level to double the number of low-income young people who earn a postsecondary degree. Demos’ work will focus on the financial barriers young people face in completing college...
Data from the 2005 American Community Survey (conducted by the US Census Bureau to gather demographic, economic, social, and housing information) were used for the calibration.41 Weights used for prevalence estimation also took into account the number of nominated back and neck pain cases in the...
In addition, compared to newer homes, older homes are shown to have higher indoor air pollution levels within LA County (Spengler et al., 1994). Older housing stock may further correlate with higher poverty, residential racial segregation patterns, substandard housing conditions, and a lack of ...
None of that footage made it into the film. Thankfully, the chapel and the adjoining building (seen above) is now part ofSt. Martin Village, a private redevelopment that uses part of the original campus as new housing.Click hereto see a panoramic view on Google Maps. It’s not a perfec...
had more tire habitats. BothCulexandAedespupae were more likely to be sampled in neighborhoods categorized as being below median income level in each city andAedespupae density was also greater in container habitats found in these lower income neighborhoods. We infer that lower income residents may...
Although low-income homeownership programs serving vulnerable families at the lower end of the income distribution have been the focus of housing policy in many countries over the past 50 years, little is known about the post-origination experiences of immigrant families participating in these programs...
PM2.5is an air pollutant that is widely associated with adverse health effects, and which tends to be disproportionately located near low-income communities and communities of color. We applied a community-engaged research approach to assess the distribution of PM2.5concentrations in the context of ...