• How lack of paid sick leave is complicating U.S. virus response

    How lack of paid sick leave is complicating U.S. virus response

    Mar 06, 2020 11:45 PM EDT

    ... they're only one economic disruption away, like not being able to show up for work, from an economic disruption. That could lead into eviction, homelessness, foreclosure, bankruptcy. So the system is currently not set up to enable a low-wage worker to have the ability to show up to ...

  • 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

    ... Chief development officer Nick Colletti is proud of the work done here. It's received national attention. But he also notes the paradox of rising 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 ...

  • 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

    ... And, interestingly, a poll that just came out showed that almost 40 percent of Californians fear that they or someone they know could fall into homelessness. So, it's a real fear here that the economic inequality, the rising housing prices, the systemic racism that we're addressing throughout the ...

  • News Wrap: Thousands of Palestinians protest Trump’s Middle East peace plan

    News Wrap: Thousands of Palestinians protest Trump’s Middle East peace plan

    Feb 11, 2020 11:50 PM EDT

    ... the ban last night in a bid to help low- and moderate-income tenants. Seattle has some of the nation's highest rents and widespread homelessness. The bill faces a possible veto by the mayor, plus a likely court challenge. And Wall Street had a relatively quiet day. The Dow ...

  • Irish voters frustrated by economy choose next leader

    Irish voters frustrated by economy choose next leader

    Feb 08, 2020 05:03 PM EDT

    ... and since 2016 as the leader of a minority administration with the tacit support of Fianna Fail. The current campaign was dominated by domestic problems, especially a growing homelessness crisis, house prices that have risen faster than incomes and a public health system that hasn’t kept up with demand.

  • The hidden health costs of eviction

    The hidden health costs of eviction

    Jan 13, 2020 11:30 PM EDT

    ... families in five cities. Megan Sandel: We found that those families that were homeless and the families that were behind on rent had very similar adverse health outcomes, which signaled to us that homelessness is bad, but behind on rent is just as bad for kids' health and their parents.

  • This teen CEO is empowering young volunteers to give back

    This teen CEO is empowering young volunteers to give back

    Dec 25, 2019 07:38 PM EDT

    ... relief. In 2017, Kids4Community made care packages for survivors of the Puebla earthquake in Mexico and Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. Another key focus is homelessness -- an issue that has taken on particular significance for the group’s young founder. A few years ago, as he remembers it, Pala was ...

  • From tech to society, how we've changed in a decade

    From tech to society, how we've changed in a decade

    Dec 24, 2019 09:19 PM EDT

    Gentrification and a shortage of affordable housing has fueled displacement in cities from Washington, D.C., to Portland, and homelessness rose for three years in a row, with states such as California and Idaho struggling to accommodate those affected by the crisis. We saw the human toll and politicization of ...

  • Washington governor wants to spend $300 million to help homeless

    Washington governor wants to spend $300 million to help homeless

    Dec 18, 2019 10:52 PM EDT

    ... billion two-year budget, Inslee said Washington must do more to find housing for people. The state has the fifth-highest per-capita rate of homelessness of all U.S. states. “This homelessness problem touches every part of the state,” said Inslee, a Democrat. In addition to adding shelter beds ...

  • How Minneapolis became the first to end single-family zoning

    How Minneapolis became the first to end single-family zoning

    Nov 23, 2019 10:24 PM EDT

    ... planning to implement something called “inclusionary zoning,” requiring developers to include affordable units in large, new apartment buildings. And the mayor has plans to tackle homelessness and strengthen tenants’ rights. As for the single-family zoning change, it was officially adopted by the Minneapolis City Council earlier this month and ...