• Ige wins Hawaii Democratic governor primary

    Ige wins Hawaii Democratic governor primary

    Aug 12, 2018 01:51 PM EDT

    ... it's look at the best candidate and make your best vote." Tupola said one of her primary focuses as governor would be to address affordable housing and to fight for Native Hawaiians to get the opportunity to use land set aside for them decades ago.But Ige will likely ...

  • A year ago, the Charlottesville rally shined a light on white supremacists and sparked overdue conversations

    A year ago, the Charlottesville rally shined a light on white supremacists and sparked overdue conversations

    Aug 10, 2018 10:35 PM EDT

    ... you can just run straight. So, of course, you will beat me there. So we have to look at how do we address that, specifically, looking at affordable housing, specifically, dealing with those who may be more moderate in terms of how they want to deal with topics of race.

  • How these Alabama architecture students are improving lives with low-cost home designs

    How these Alabama architecture students are improving lives with low-cost home designs

    Jun 28, 2018 10:25 PM EDT

    ... been designed, constructed and given to residents. John Yang reports as part of our ongoing series, Chasing the Dream. ... Judy Woodruff: But first, discussions about affordable housing often focus on big, expensive cities, like San Francisco and New York. But what about rural America, home to about one-fifth of ...

  • Seattle repeals homeless-aid tax after Amazon objects

    Seattle repeals homeless-aid tax after Amazon objects

    Jun 12, 2018 09:07 PM EDT

    ... halted construction planning on a new high-rise building near its Seattle headquarters in protest. Supporters praised it as a step toward building badly needed affordable housing. They said too many people are suffering on the streets and that the problem is deepening, despite city-funded programs finding homes for ...

  • News Wrap: Pa. Republicans lose legal battles in redistricting fight

    News Wrap: Pa. Republicans lose legal battles in redistricting fight

    Mar 19, 2018 10:45 PM EDT

    ... member condemned the practice. Ritchie Torres: There's a conscious effort by Kushner Companies to weaponize construction for the purpose of displacing New Yorkers from affordable housing units. And once we lose rent-regulated units, we lose them forever. So, as far as we're concerned, the buck stops with ...

  • Opinion: Sustainable cities need more than parks, cafes and a riverwalk

    Opinion: Sustainable cities need more than parks, cafes and a riverwalk

    Mar 18, 2018 03:51 PM EDT

    ... research on residential developments throughout the United States shows that socially and environmentally just neighborhoods have to be planned as such from the beginning, including affordable housing and green amenities for all residents. Trudeau highlights the need to find “patient capital” – investment that does not expect a quick profit – and ...

  • How a cartoonist is highlighting the lives of San Diego’s homeless residents

    How a cartoonist is highlighting the lives of San Diego’s homeless residents

    Mar 08, 2018 11:30 PM EDT

    ... a light on the problem. Jeffrey Brown: Last year, homelessness surged in major cities up and down the West Coast, driven by a lack of affordable housing, especially for those most in need. In San Diego, overall homelessness rose by 5 percent, and the number not using shelters by 18 ...

  • Displaced Puerto Ricans, now living in hotels, may soon lose housing

    Displaced Puerto Ricans, now living in hotels, may soon lose housing

    Feb 18, 2018 09:10 PM EDT

    ... disaster-management case workers at the state’s request. Malloy says the state could use even more case-workers, plus bilingual educators, and funds for affordable housing. Meanwhile, the Governor just asked for 400-thousand dollars in the state’s proposed budget to support Maria evacuees. But it may not ...

  • Who fights for public art in the face of gentrification?

    Who fights for public art in the face of gentrification?

    Dec 28, 2017 02:58 PM EDT

    ... of Mankind” mural in Chicago, Hawkins said residents of the area who would have advocated for its preservation were pushed out of the neighborhood when affordable housing was demolished. Jon Pounds, former executive director of nonprofit public art advocacy organization the Chicago Public Art Group, believes public art carries messages ...

  • U.S. homelessness is on the rise, especially on the West Coast

    U.S. homelessness is on the rise, especially on the West Coast

    Dec 06, 2017 08:29 PM EDT

    ... the past two years, the part of that population considered unsheltered climbed 23 percent to 108,000. That is in part due a shortage of affordable housing. In booming Seattle, for example, the HUD report shows the unsheltered population grew by 44 percent over two years to nearly 5,500 ...