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