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Discover the latest releases on findings that can inform poverty prevention and alleviation programs and policy.

  • Aerial view of Detroit, the Detroit River, and Belle Isle
    News Release | Jan. 28, 2022

    New $2 million Innovation Challenge to address financial instability of Detroiters

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  • Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan talks about a U-M report that finds the census undercounted Detroit residents by 8% at the U-M Detroit Center. Luke Shaefer, director of Poverty Solutions, sits at right. Credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography.
    News Release | Dec. 16, 2021

    2020 Census undercounted population in select Detroit neighborhoods by 8%

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  • Kid's hand holding an illustration of a family and a house
    News Release | Dec. 15, 2021

    Families with no earnings, Hispanic parents most likely to miss out on Child Tax Credit payments

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  • Woodward Ave Detroit transportation cars
    News Release | Dec. 7, 2021

    Despite cost dip, Michigan auto insurance still high with persistent racial disparities

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  • Detroit skyline with the words Investing in Us: Resident Priorities for Economic Mobility in Detroit
    Feature | Nov. 18, 2021

    Poverty Solutions partners with 4 Detroit organizations to fund, evaluate economic mobility projects

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  • flooding in Detroit (courtesy of Michigan State Police Emergency Management & Homeland Security Division)
    News Release | Nov. 10, 2021

    U-M launches SEAS Sustainability Clinic in Detroit to combat the effects of climate change

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  • A table of participants engaging in a Reflecting on Feedback team working session.
    News Release | Nov. 1, 2021

    $100,000 available for U-M faculty grants to research ways to prevent, alleviate poverty

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  • Poverty Solutions H. Luke Shaefer speaks at an event.
    Feature | Oct. 27, 2021

    Poverty Solutions Director Luke Shaefer to give inaugural Kohn lecture on using evidence to fight poverty

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  • Inadequate Housing Among Detroiters. Bar chart comparing the percentage of Detroit residents reporting inadequate housing across demographic groups. Rates were higher among renters (16%) than homeowners (12%), households with kids (18%) than those without kids (11%), adults under 65 (14%) than those 65 and older (11%), and lower-income households: under $30,000 (16%), $30,000–$60,000 (15%), and more than $60,000 (6%). By race and ethnicity, reported inadequate housing was 15% for Latino, 14% for Black, 13% for multiracial/other, and 8% for White residents.
    News Release | Oct. 21, 2021

    Nearly 38,000 households in Detroit estimated to be living in inadequate housing

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  • Latino Attitudes Toward Crime and Police in Detroit. Three-panel infographic comparing Latino, Black, and White respondents. Panel 1 Police Performance: 38% of Latinos say their local police do a good job protecting their neighborhood, compared with 46% of Black respondents and 57% of White respondents. Panel 2 Victim of a Crime: 40% of Latinos report being the victim of a crime, compared with 26% of Black respondents and 27% of White respondents. Panel 3 Police Presence: 33% of Latinos say they would feel safer with increased police presence in their neighborhood, compared with 45% of Black respondents and 41% of White respondents.
    Oct. 14, 2021

    Latino Michiganders: Key findings from U-M Poverty Solutions

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