• In Mississippi, a long-running guaranteed income program is helping Black mothers

    In Mississippi, a long-running guaranteed income program is helping Black mothers

    Jan 09, 2022 10:24 PM EDT

    ... t having enough of an effect on the lives of poor families in Jackson.  Aisha Nyandoro: We were not seeing a successful transition out of affordable housing. We were not moving the needle on poverty. And the reason that that mattered to us is because so many of our families ...

  • Tlaib will run for newly redistricted Detroit-area seat

    Tlaib will run for newly redistricted Detroit-area seat

    Jan 05, 2022 06:27 PM EDT

    ... opportunity to expand our work to include more communities that want the same access to a better quality of life, including clean air and water, affordable housing, economic justice and more," Tlaib, who is in her second term, said in a statement. Michigan lost a seat following the census, dropping ...

  • Many Afghan refugees, including unaccompanied minors, remain in legal limbo in the U.S.

    Many Afghan refugees, including unaccompanied minors, remain in legal limbo in the U.S.

    Dec 31, 2021 11:40 PM EDT

    ... that work with the State Department. We are there from beginning to end, meaning we pick these individuals up from the airport. We find them affordable housing that they move into. With the help of volunteers, we will actually even furnish that housing with some modest furniture, stock the refrigerator ...

  • What's behind rising homelessness in America?

    What's behind rising homelessness in America?

    Dec 28, 2021 11:35 PM EDT

    ... is that then there was an adequate supply of affordable housing. And now we're seven million units short. And that's the driver. If housing is affordable, people will be housed. They won't be living on the street. It's really that housing is not affordable that they ...

  • How the pandemic helped bring artistic dreams to life

    How the pandemic helped bring artistic dreams to life

    Dec 24, 2021 11:25 PM EDT

    Jared Bowen: Pre-pandemic, Madeline Grant Colety was more than 20 years into her career as an urban planner. Madeline Grant Colety: Working at kind of a national level on issues around fair housing and disaster recovery, as well as affordable housing and community development. Speaker: So, now, if you ...

  • Kentucky tornado recovery continues, with charities and government providing aid

    Kentucky tornado recovery continues, with charities and government providing aid

    Dec 18, 2021 10:09 PM EDT

    ... affordable housing to begin with. You know, this is a pretty rural region where there wasn't a lot of construction in terms of residential housing, especially affordable housing to begin with. And there's just a dearth. And now there's even more so after this catastrophic tornado. Hari ...

  • Thousands of Afghans wait at U.S. bases after frantic evacuation

    Thousands of Afghans wait at U.S. bases after frantic evacuation

    Dec 08, 2021 04:42 PM EDT

    ... around the country. But people involved with the effort readily concede it’s been a challenge for a number of reasons, including a scarcity of affordable housing, cutbacks to refugee programs under President Donald Trump as well as the sheer number of refugees. “It’s been a shock to the ...

  • News Wrap: Fourth student dies after Michigan school shooting, suspect charged with murder

    News Wrap: Fourth student dies after Michigan school shooting, suspect charged with murder

    Dec 01, 2021 11:45 PM EDT

    ... City Councilman Andre Dickens will be the new mayor. He won a Tuesday run-off after a campaign dominated by the issues of crime and affordable housing. And Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio became the 19th Democrat to announce that he will retire from the U.S. House of Representatives after ...

  • Child care, climate change and other provisions in Build Back Better bill passed by House

    Child care, climate change and other provisions in Build Back Better bill passed by House

    Nov 19, 2021 11:45 PM EDT

    ... major issues, combating climate change, providing universal preschool, while slashing child care costs for younger kids, expanding government health care coverage, and creating more subsidized affordable housing, in all, some $1.7 trillion in new programs and spending. Democrats provide money for that by increasing taxes on big corporations and ...

  • Democrat Eric Adams elected New York City mayor

    Democrat Eric Adams elected New York City mayor

    Nov 03, 2021 01:25 AM EDT

    ... s first woman and first person of color elected mayor. The candidates, both Democrats in a nonpartisan race, have chiefly clashed over issues such as affordable housing, public education and transportation. But differences on policing and crime have also emerged. Wu, daughter of Taiwanese immigrants and a protégé of liberal ...