These essays set a geographic context for the volume’s discussion of mixed-income communities, exploring questions such as: Where do mixed-income communities exist and what are their characteristics?

The Role of Banking Access in Reducing Poverty, Why It’s Expensive to Be Poor in America, Addressing Systemic Barriers to Economic Opportunity For many of us, the financial system is a lifeline — ...

Low-income students have been underrepresented at many of the nation’s most selective public and private colleges since before spiral notebooks were invented. That’s one of the key findings from a new ...

Editor’s note, August 7, 10:30 am ET: On August 7, Trump’s tariffs went into effect for about 90 countries. The story below was originally published on April 13. President Donald Trump’s tariff plan ...

Despite misperceptions that the United States is limping through late-stage capitalism, American workers are more highly compensated than ever before—even the lowest earners. The 20th percentile ...

Changes in overall economic conditions may affect real household income levels and also how income is distributed across households. Analysis using annual data from 1967 to 2023 shows that the adverse ...

At the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities we refer to mixed-income in two ways, “mixed-income housing” and “mixed-income communities” both meaning the mixing of people of different ...

Millions of Americans struggle to afford basics like food and rent. A new study spearheaded by the CEO of ChatGPT’s parent company shows regular, unconditional cash payments could help. A three-year ...

While recent numbers show a slight improvement in the availability of affordable housing for extremely low-income Rhode Island renters, the state is still experiencing a severe shortage for those who ...