This paper examines the housing affordability crisis using a residual income approach to identify renter households whose housing expenses are too high and who lack the income to enable them to meet a basic but comfortable standard of living.
The 30-percent of income standard is a widely used and accepted measure of the extent of housing affordability problems across the country.
Unlocking the Doors to Higher Education and Training for Massachusetts’ Working Poor Families to advocate for tuition-free community college education and other ways to address financial barriers to education in Massachusetts, citing the need for post-secondary education and training in order to acquire Self-Sufficiency Wage jobs.
Following the release of the Crittenton Women’s Union, now known as EMPath, Economic Mobility Pathways, 2005 report, Achieving Success in the New Economy: Which Jobs Help Women Reach Economic Self Sufficiency, EMPath established an online Hot Jobs for Women guide.
