Residential Segregation
To refuse (a loan or insurance) to someone because they live in an area deemed to be a poor financial risk.
What is redlining?
The definition of poverty that takes into account a person's income in comparison to others.
The organization our Monday guest speaker represented.
What is Urban Ministries?
The age range most critical for child development.
What is 0-3 years old?
The percent of bank loans given to white families between 1934-1968.
What is 98%?
An outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.
What is a suburb?
The criteria for absolute poverty in the US.
What is the Federal Poverty Line?
The length of The Carying Place's program.
What is 4 months (16 weeks)?
The percent of children considered low income across North Carolina.
What is 50%?
The term that describes individuals who hold jobs yet live below the poverty line.
What is "the working poor"?
The set of policies and programs passed by Franklin D. Roosevelt after the Great Depression.
What is The New Deal?
The percentage of Americans without a job at any given point in time.
What is the unemployment rate?
The average number of individuals who experience homelessness in Durham annually.
What is 3,000 - 5,000?
The type of geographic region that has higher poverty rates.
What is rural?
The group of Americans that hold 40% of the nations wealth.
What is the 1%?
The acronym NIMBY stands for ______
What is "not in my backyard"?
The unequal distribution of assets among residents of the United States (including homes, automobiles, personal valuables, businesses, savings, and investments).
What is the wealth gap?
The percentage of low-income children in Wake County.
What is 2x?
The top 1% owns 50% of the nation's _____ & ______.
What are stocks and bonds?
A process of changing the character of a neighborhood through the influx of more affluent residents and businesses. It is a common and controversial topic in politics and in urban planning.
What is gentrification?
The federal minimum wage rate.
What is $7.25 / hr?
The average cost of rent for a 2 bedroom apartment in Durham.
What is $1,100?
What is the Youth Advocacy Council?
The salary of the average CEO makes ___x the amount of their average employee.
What is 380x?