The not-for-profit agency, established in 1877, provides free summer vacations each year to nearly 10,000 city children from low-income homes.

But housing analysts say around 300,000 more low-income homes are needed.

About 90% of all children who participate in Studio programs come from low-income homes.

All the schools are part of the federal Title 1 program, which provides money for districts where many children live in low-income homes.

But even in good times, the chaos of many low-income homes spills onto the job.

Construction of the last low-income homes is set for completion this summer, fulfilling the city's obligation to the court.

Boys from low-income homes performed up to half a grade worse.

In the five boroughs, 67 percent of our members come from low-income homes.

Although comparable figures were not available yesterday for more recent years, university officials said students from low-income homes had continued to rise.

Improvement, she admits, is incremental in a school district where 80 percent of the students are from low-income homes.