• October 27, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    October 27, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

    Oct 27, 2025 11:23 PM EDT

    ... conservative prime minister, one stop on a multi-country trip to Asia with a focus on trade. Hurricane Melissa nears landfall in Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 storm. Plus, Vermont’s recent floods reveal, with devastating clarity, how climate change can magnify the already critical shortage of affordable housing.

  • Vermont town debates rebuilding on higher ground after devastating floods

    Vermont town debates rebuilding on higher ground after devastating floods

    Oct 27, 2025 10:40 PM EDT

    ... village would purchase about 24 acres of private land on this hillside and use federal disaster assistance to develop and sell the lots for mostly affordable housing. Arion Thiboumery: And this spot is in the village on higher ground. We have municipal water and sewer, power lines, data. Everything runs ...

  • Mamdani rallies NYC voters with support from Bernie Sanders and AOC

    Mamdani rallies NYC voters with support from Bernie Sanders and AOC

    Oct 27, 2025 06:30 PM EDT

    ... reiterated plans to hire thousands of new teachers, renegotiate city contracts, freeze rent increases for the city’s 1 million rent-regulated apartments, build more affordable housing and provide universal child care. With early voting underway ahead of Election Day on Nov. 4, Mamdani, a democratic socialist, is in an ...

  • Los Angeles County officials to vote on emergency declaration over ICE raids

    Los Angeles County officials to vote on emergency declaration over ICE raids

    Oct 14, 2025 05:58 PM EDT

    ... he said, the association isn't aware of anyone unable to pay rent due to immigration enforcement. “If local jurisdictions once again allow rent payments to be deferred due to ICE enforcement activities, this will lead to the further deterioration and loss of affordable housing in our community,” Yukelson said.

  • Illinois governor says troops could be deployed to Chicago as immigration agents patrol downtown

    Illinois governor says troops could be deployed to Chicago as immigration agents patrol downtown

    Sep 29, 2025 10:21 PM EDT

    ... day that drew thousands to the city’s downtown and saw no arrests, police said. Some residents are already frustrated.The building manager of the affordable housing complex adjacent to the ICE building said “the impacts of violent tactics, including tear gas and late-night altercations, are traumatizing for residents ...

  • Why renters are increasingly outnumbering homeowners in the suburbs of major cities

    Why renters are increasingly outnumbering homeowners in the suburbs of major cities

    Sep 28, 2025 09:35 PM EDT

    ... steady rise in the number of renters in suburbs surrounding the country's 20 biggest metropolitan areas. Some of the big reasons the shortage of affordable housing, coupled with the rising cost of homeownership. Doug Ressler is a manager of business intelligence at Yardi Matrix, which is a sister company ...

  • Boston Mayor Michelle Wu will now run unopposed in her reelection bid

    Boston Mayor Michelle Wu will now run unopposed in her reelection bid

    Sep 22, 2025 08:48 PM EDT

    ... records for spending in a Boston mayoral preliminary election. He was also been critical of Trump’s attacks and has pushed Wu particularly hard on housing, saying she hasn’t done enough to increase options and affordability in Boston.During his campaign, DaRosa advocated for affordable housing solutions, improved public ...

  • 3 ways Americans are trying to overcome polarization

    3 ways Americans are trying to overcome polarization

    Sep 10, 2025 04:36 PM EDT

    ... how it’s been used to promote civic engagement. Leaders in this fast-growing city and surrounding county face classic challenges like a lack of affordable housing and transportation, along with urban-rural tensions. So Kentucky's third largest city teamed up with one of Google’s tech incubators, Jigsaw ...

  • 20 years on, New Orleans remembers Hurricane Katrina with memorials and brass band parade

    20 years on, New Orleans remembers Hurricane Katrina with memorials and brass band parade

    Aug 29, 2025 01:40 PM EDT

    ... of Black residents were unable to return after Katrina. A botched and racially biased federal loan program for home rebuilding, coupled with a shortage of affordable housing, have made it harder for former residents to come back. “(Katrina) wasn't just a New Orleans moment,” Yearwood said. “It was a ...

  • WATCH: Trump says Chicago likely to be next target of federal efforts to crack down on crime

    WATCH: Trump says Chicago likely to be next target of federal efforts to crack down on crime

    Aug 22, 2025 03:45 PM EDT

    ... and education.” While Trump turns to the military, he said Chicago has invested in mental health services, community-based interventions, raising minimum wages and improving affordable housing. If he wants to make the city safer, Johnson said, Trump should restore $158 million he cut in violence-prevention programs for cities ...