poverty line

Economy

Report: Detroiters living under the federal poverty line would struggle with a $400 emergency

Briana Rice

, September 12, 2022

A new report from the City of Detroit finds that city residents living below the poverty line would struggle to make ends meet if presented with a $400 dollar emergency.

Politics & Government

Expanded Child Tax Credit payments start July 15

Steve Carmody

, July 7, 2021

Michigan U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow wants to remind people living below the poverty line that they qualify for an expanded federal child tax…

Community

Report finds more than a third of Michigan households struggled economically before COVID

Steve Carmody

, March 23, 2021

A new report shows more than a third of Michigan households were struggling even before the COVID-19 pandemic.The United Way’s 2021 ALICE report documents…