ghetto lottery
primary poverty
struggling
destitute
pull the devil by the tail
free-rider problem
indigence
pauperization
nonaffluence
penury
pauperism
need
dirt-poor
undermoneyed
low water
poverty level
poverty line
emptyhandedness
poverty-ridden
nouveau pauvre
live on the edge
disadvantaged
impoverishment
the wolf is at the door
weakness
secondary poverty
hard-pressed
on the breadline
working poor
poverty
dollarless
income support
busted valise
downscale
softness
ultrapoverty
unwealth
straitened circumstances
rags to riches
mitching
scuffle
strapped for cash
strapped for money
microfinance
socioeconomy
have-not
cash-starved
keep one's head above water
pauperage
ultrapoor