Half of Dallas households are struggling to make ends meet, United Way says
“More than 40 percent of Texas families — and half of Dallas’ households — are unable to afford basic needs, the United Way of Texas reported this week That means many more people are barely scraping by than might be assumed based on the poverty rates, which are 14 percent for the state and 17 percent for the city. The numbers come from United Way’s ALICE report on Texas, published Tuesday, which provides data on households where people are working but still struggling financially. ALICE stands for ‘asset limited, income constrained, employed.’”