• Examining the police shootings of Black Americans and how leadership plays a role

    Examining the police shootings of Black Americans and how leadership plays a role

    Apr 22, 2021 10:30 PM EDT

    ... enacted a task force, a racial and ethnic equality task force, to address some of the disparities surrounding these underserved communities, which includes access to affordable housing, access to affordable health care. There's a myriad of socioeconomic issues that extends far beyond police brutality. And that Trayvon Martin case ...

  • Cities confront climate challenge: How to move from gas to electricity?

    Cities confront climate challenge: How to move from gas to electricity?

    Apr 22, 2021 08:14 PM EDT

    ... way to overcome that hurdle. BlocPower is a Brooklyn-based startup that specializes in energy retrofits of large urban buildings, with a focus on converting affordable housing and multi-family buildings from fossil fuel heating to renewably powered heat pumps. With over 1,000 building retrofits in New York under ...

  • States struggle to get rent relief to tenants amid pandemic

    States struggle to get rent relief to tenants amid pandemic

    Mar 30, 2021 06:58 PM EDT

    Charni Sochet, a spokesperson for New York State Homes and Community Renewal, said the affordable housing agency "worked intensely for months to ensure rent-burdened households received the assistance for which they qualified" and that "the rent relief program quickly delivered funding to renters most in need in accordance with ...

  • Biden has a plan to address COVID-19 disparities. Here's what experts recommend

    Biden has a plan to address COVID-19 disparities. Here's what experts recommend

    Feb 05, 2021 10:35 PM EDT

    ... Sangwan, executive director of the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network. “We need to redesign them if we want different results -- from how we think about affordable housing to our health care system itself.” The administration’s efforts to provide a coordinated virus response come after nearly a year of mixed ...

  • January 30, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

    January 30, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

    Jan 30, 2021 11:08 PM EDT

    On this edition for Saturday, January 30, the CDC’s new guidelines make masks mandatory on all public transport, two Proud Boys members charged in the January 6 Capitol attack investigation. Also, our ongoing series “Roads to Recovery” looks at zoning laws and affordable housing in Connecticut. Hari Sreenivasan anchors ...

  • WATCH: HUD nominee Marcia Fudge testifies before Senate committee

    WATCH: HUD nominee Marcia Fudge testifies before Senate committee

    Jan 28, 2021 03:07 PM EDT

    ... parts of Cleveland and Akron before being tapped for the post. Biden has viewed Fudge as a leading voice for working families and a longtime champion of affordable housing, infrastructure and other priorities. Fudge's immediate priority would be dealing with the eviction crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

  • A city made the case for universal basic income. Dozens are following suit

    A city made the case for universal basic income. Dozens are following suit

    Dec 27, 2020 10:17 PM EDT

    ... but solves a lot of them and it helps create the foundation for the other things we need like paid time off, paid family leave, affordable child care, affordable housing, etc. Michael Hill: And this is all privately funded. What's the feedback from the community or are people saying ...

  • In a CT county, tenants and landlords brace for eviction tsunami

    In a CT county, tenants and landlords brace for eviction tsunami

    Dec 26, 2020 11:03 PM EDT

    ... Booker: Noah Gotbaum is the executive director of BNT in Bridgeport. In addition to being one of the nonprofits administering TRHAP, it’s also an affordable housing developer. In all, BNT has about 400 units of affordable housing, and Gotbaum says organizations like his could go bankrupt without the financial ...

  • States grapple with next steps on evictions as crisis grows

    States grapple with next steps on evictions as crisis grows

    Dec 17, 2020 05:29 PM EDT

    ... California are trying to pass much longer moratoriums, some don't have more protections in the works. "This has the potential of being the biggest housing crisis of our lifetime," said David Dworkin, president and CEO of the National Housing Conference, a nonprofit dedicated to affordable housing for all Americans ...

  • With the U.S. Senate on the line, turning out the vote in Georgia

    With the U.S. Senate on the line, turning out the vote in Georgia

    Dec 15, 2020 11:40 PM EDT

    ... do they tell their children because they can't go back to school? What do they tell their children about the lack of jobs and affordable health care and affordable housing? So, we're speaking to those everyday, bread-and-butter issues for Black women on the ground. Judy Wodruff ...