• Massive, peaceful protests across U.S. demand police reform

    Massive, peaceful protests across U.S. demand police reform

    Jun 07, 2020 01:33 PM EDT

    ... Black Lives Matter” mural that the mayor had added a day earlier. Theresa Bland, 68, a retired teacher and real estate agent protesting at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, envisioned a broader agenda. “I’m looking at affordable housing, political justice, prison reform,” she said. Some change already has come.

  • Protesters set fire to Minneapolis police precinct as Trump attacks uprising on Twitter

    Protesters set fire to Minneapolis police precinct as Trump attacks uprising on Twitter

    May 29, 2020 06:01 AM EDT

    ... charred almost beyond recognition. Among the casualties of the overnight fires: a six-story building under construction that was to provide nearly 200 apartments of affordable housing. “We’re burning our own neighborhood,” said a distraught Deona Brown, a 24-year-old woman standing with a friend outside the precinct ...

  • Analysis: Redlining decades ago set communities up for greater danger during the pandemic

    Analysis: Redlining decades ago set communities up for greater danger during the pandemic

    May 28, 2020 09:23 PM EDT

    ... the longer term, urban planners have demonstrated how a commitment to building healthy urban environments – those that prioritize walking and cycling, promote recreation, produce more affordable housing, allow residents to access healthy food locally and provide public transportation options – can have long-lasting impacts for all residents.In addition, locating ...

  • This artist asks how we can come out of the pandemic 'better than we went in'

    This artist asks how we can come out of the pandemic 'better than we went in'

    May 19, 2020 10:03 PM EDT

    ... to quality of life. What are we saying for essential workers? These people are probably not being paid well. They probably live in not affordable housing. They live paycheck to paycheck. They don't have decent health care. There's stresses of their own family. They live in multigenerational housing ...

  • To cut carbon emissions, a movement grows to ‘electrify everything’

    To cut carbon emissions, a movement grows to ‘electrify everything’

    Apr 17, 2020 06:27 PM EDT

    ... revenue from the state’s cap-and-trade emissions auction, that sets aside at least $60 million in financial incentives for all-electric low-income housing. These pilots, however, are still limited in scope. For some advocates, securing support for all-electric ordinances from affordable housing organizations has proved challenging ...

  • The long history of racism against Asian Americans in the U.S.

    The long history of racism against Asian Americans in the U.S.

    Apr 09, 2020 03:36 PM EDT

    ... American communities after them. In Los Angeles, where I live, the Little Tokyo Service Center is among those at the forefront of grassroots organizing for affordable housing and social services in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood. While the organization’s priority area is Little Tokyo and its community members, the center ...

  • Democratic lawmakers call for racial data in virus testing

    Democratic lawmakers call for racial data in virus testing

    Mar 30, 2020 11:51 PM EDT

    ... the AP's requests for comment on Monday. "Decades of structural racism have prevented so many Black and Brown families from accessing quality health care, affordable housing, and financial security, and the coronavirus crisis is blowing these disparities wide open," Warren said in a statement. "We need the government to ...

  • As virus grips nation, advocates move to halt evictions

    As virus grips nation, advocates move to halt evictions

    Mar 20, 2020 06:47 PM EDT

    ... the U.S. average, according to data analysis by the Eviction Lab. "Behind all of this is the bigger crisis," Smythe said. "Not having enough affordable housing, not having livable wages and the disparities around income are still with us." Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms signed an order on Tuesday ...

  • How the Dallas Street Choir grants homeless residents a voice

    How the Dallas Street Choir grants homeless residents a voice

    Feb 28, 2020 11:25 PM EDT

    ... homelessness, 9 percent jumps each of the past two years, in a city with a booming economy. Nick Colletti: We do have a shortage of affordable housing solutions for folks here in Dallas. We all understand that, when it comes to homelessness, every one of us is one single catastrophic ...

  • Can California figure out a way to house its growing homeless population?

    Can California figure out a way to house its growing homeless population?

    Feb 20, 2020 11:35 PM EDT

    ... be in the details in terms of public support. The fact is, is, we don't have enough shelters. We have don't have enough affordable housing. So there is nothing we can do in the very, very immediate sense to get people into permanent housing, because it doesn't ...