Jun 12 Seattle repeals homeless-aid tax after Amazon objects By Phuong Lee, Associated Press The quick surrender showed the power of Amazon to help rally opposition and aggressively push back on taxes at all levels of government, even in its affluent home city where the income gap is ever widening and lower-income workers are… Continue reading
Mar 30 These 3D-printed homes could provide shelter to the world’s most vulnerable people By Rashmi Shivni These 3D-printed homes can be built in under 24 hours for as low as $4,000. They're designed to help solve the world's homelessness and housing problems. Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch 7:36 Why Anaheim’s low-wage workers struggle to keep a roof over their heads By PBS NewsHour, Cat Wise Away from the tourist attractions of Anaheim, California, housing is a daily challenge for minimum-wage workers who play a vital role in the region's booming economy. Even for those who work full-time, garages, spare bedrooms, motel rooms, cars and tents… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch 5:44 How a cartoonist is highlighting the lives of San Diego’s homeless residents By PBS NewsHour Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist Steve Breen is using his drawings to highlight the growing problem of homelessness and the housing crisis in Southern California. Jeffrey Brown gets a first-hand look at the cartoonist and newspaper’s efforts to humanize and complicate… Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch 24:19 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode December 23, 2017 By PBS NewsHour On this edition for Saturday, Dec. 23, drones help prevent conflicts between farmers and elephants in Tanzania, and a documentary film on how opioids have devastated Somerville, Massachusetts. Also, an investigation into the impact of homeless relocation programs in American… Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch 4:01 Is relocating homeless people a life line or broken system? By PBS NewsHour While cities across the country have for three decades relocated homeless people by giving them free, one-way tickets out of town, there has never been an analysis of the national impact. Over 18 months, The Guardian investigated more than 20,000… Continue watching
Dec 06 U.S. homelessness is on the rise, especially on the West Coast By Christopher Weber and Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press In booming Seattle, a report shows the unsheltered population grew by 44 percent over two years. Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch 7:35 Detroit’s tiny houses give residents a home to rebuild their lives By PBS NewsHour Tiny houses have become trendy in recent years, as people trade in traditional consumer lifestyles for a simpler option -- a living space that’s no more than 400 square feet. But in Detroit, these diminutive dwellings have a lofty goal:… Continue watching
Jul 18 Carson pledges to fight homelessness, despite deep proposed budget cuts By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press Carson, a conservative Republican who challenged President Donald Trump for the GOP nomination last year, spoke as Congress considers Trump's budget for fiscal year 2018 — a plan that calls for cutting about $7 billion from the $48 billion HUD… Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch 10:04 After 8 years, Hawaii sees decline in homelessness rate By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman Hawaii leads the nation in its rate of homelessness, which affects about 505 out of every 100,000 people there and is a major toll on its health care system. But just last month, the state announced a slight decrease in… Continue watching