“Since banks constricted credit after the 2008 housing bust, they have been slowly increasing the amount they’re lending. But this economic prosperity has not reached everyone. Watch part two of a two-part series by Aaron Glantz of Reveal.” Watch more at https://www.pbs.org/newshour/
“Hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico have been displaced because of Hurricane Maria, with nearly 4,000 families finding temporary shelter in hotels on the mainland. But funding for their stays under FEMA’s Transitional Shelter Assistance program is set to expire in March. NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano traveled to Hartford, Connecticut, to speak with…
Would Tiny Houses work in Long Beach? Do our land costs put this out of bounds? According to the Real Estate website Zillow.com, “The median home value in Long Beach is $555,000. Long Beach home values have gone up 6.9% over the past year and Zillow predicts they will rise 1.5% within the next year. The…
Shelter is the most basic of human needs. For many in our society today, that is also the most lacking. Providing shelter for those who lack it is the goal of a $1.2 billion effort in Los Angeles County. There are plenty of other issues connected to the reasons for homelessness but how often are…