2024-12-26T21:11:44-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/21819085/contours-urban-justice Sherin Wing 2011-09-26T16:45:11-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ta/tayvu20q5e1mdpl2.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> The Census Bureau just released its latest statistics from 2008 on, amongst other things, <a href="http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/income_expenditures_poverty_wealth/poverty.html" target="_blank">poverty</a>. In an article on making housing more accessible to the <a href="http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/20110602/the-5000-home-for-developed-nations" target="_blank">poor</a>, I cited some older statistics to highlight the much-neglected need. Too often, people focus on the &ldquo;other&rdquo; poor, those living in developing nations because it is easier than examining those who are impoverished in our own urban centers.</p>