• WATCH: Biden administration is taking on corporate mergers, landlord junk fees and food prices

    WATCH: Biden administration is taking on corporate mergers, landlord junk fees and food prices

    Jul 19, 2023 09:42 PM EDT

    ... could threaten “the free and fair markets upon which our economy is based.” Separately, the government is working with the companies Zillow, Apartments.com and AffordableHousing.com to create a new website that reveals to renters all of the fees they could be charged when signing a lease. The effort ...

  • Autism advocate calls Trump's statements on the condition 'stigmatizing'

    Autism advocate calls Trump's statements on the condition 'stigmatizing'

    Sep 25, 2025 10:30 PM EDT

    ... to be included in society, accepted and accommodated, whether that's with job accommodations at work or individualized education plans in school, whether that's affordable, accessible housing or services through Medicaid. We belong in society, and we deserve our rights and we deserve accommodations. Amna Nawaz: Zoe Gross, always ...

  • Chronic housing shortage leaves Maui residents displaced a year after deadly wildfire

    Chronic housing shortage leaves Maui residents displaced a year after deadly wildfire

    Aug 08, 2024 06:08 PM EDT

    ... 1,500 households have already left for other islands or states, some estimates say. Locals fear more will depart if they can’t find stable, affordable, convenient housing. That's particularly painful for Hawaii, where leaders have long worried the islands are losing their culture as housing costs fuel an ...

  • Why rents are still higher in much of the U.S. than before the pandemic

    Why rents are still higher in much of the U.S. than before the pandemic

    Jun 01, 2024 09:30 PM EDT

    ... pandemic levels. And today we have historic levels of homelessness in communities across the country. John Yang: You mentioned subsidies to help make low income housing affordable for those with low incomes. What else can be done? What else would you like to see done? Diane Yentel: As long as ...

  • Biggest apartment construction boom in decades likely to bring renters uneven relief

    Biggest apartment construction boom in decades likely to bring renters uneven relief

    Jul 30, 2023 10:52 PM EDT

    ... priced rentals would help alleviate the strain from so many new apartments targeting renters with high incomes, “although additional subsidies will be needed to make housing affordable to households with the lowest incomes,” researchers at Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies wrote in a recent report.Despite the ...

  • How surveillance cameras are being used to punish public housing residents

    How surveillance cameras are being used to punish public housing residents

    Jun 04, 2023 09:40 PM EDT

    ... assumptions. Douglas MacMillan, the reporter who led the investigation, joins Lisa Desjardins to discuss the findings. ... Lisa Desjardins: American cities are facing two aggravating crises, affordable public housing is in short supply and violent crime is on the rise. A growing dynamic overlaps both legions of cameras are being deployed ...

  • December 11, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

    December 11, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

    Dec 11, 2021 10:57 PM EDT

    On this edition for Saturday, December 11, more than 30 tornadoes and severe storms tore through the central and southern U.S., killing dozens of people. Also, inside California’s new approach to keep housing affordable, and librarians push back against book bans. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

  • How the outbreak's economic disruption is impacting renters

    How the outbreak's economic disruption is impacting renters

    Mar 29, 2020 09:09 PM EDT

    ... in-place because they don’t have a home. So we are starting to come to grips with the social cost for not providing decent quality affordable stable housing for everybody in society. Hari Sreenivasan: Jenny Schuetz from Brookings. Thanks so much for joining us.  Jenny Schuetz: Thank you, Hari.

  • News Wrap: WHO warns of closing window to contain novel coronavirus

    News Wrap: WHO warns of closing window to contain novel coronavirus

    Feb 21, 2020 11:55 PM EDT

    ... candidate. I know a young candidate that I think understands our pain very well. They should create good jobs for us young people and make housing affordable. Judy Woodruff: Initial results are expected to be announced tomorrow.Back in this country, the jury in the Harvey Weinstein New York rape ...

  • Honoring a Modern Chicago Landmark as an 'Urban Vision'

    Honoring a Modern Chicago Landmark as an 'Urban Vision'

    Jul 27, 2010 07:05 PM EDT

    ... social promise. The area surrounding the complex, an urban desert in the 1960s, is now a vibrant neighborhood, and the notion of more livable but also affordable, urban housing options is no longer so radical.   Editor’s Note: This article was reposted after an error was fixed in the video.