Housing & Homelessness News

by CBM NEWSWIRE May 8, 2024 Edward Henderson | California Black Media (CBM) – Medi-Cal, California’s version of Medicaid, is currently transforming to expand coverage for unhoused and at-risk individuals across the state.…

By Michael Perchick  April 23, 2024 GARNER, N.C. (WTVD) — It may look like a patch of grass or an empty space but dozens of people call a section of U.S.…

By Greg Childress Apr 22, 2024 More than 40 people living in a tent encampment on a state-owned, unused lot at the intersection of Highways 401 and U.S. 70 near the…

NC Poor People’s Campaign demands action on education, child care, and the minimum wage BY: GREG CHILDRESS – APRIL 24, 2024  On Wednesday, nearly 200 supporters of the North Carolina Poor People’s…

New report identifies a yawning housing gap for hundreds of thousands of NC households BY: GREG CHILDRESS – APRIL 17, 2024 Julia Stokes and her daughter moved into the Helen Wright Center,…

By Aaron Bolton, MTPR APRIL 23, 2024 KALISPELL, Mont. — On a cold February morning at the Flathead Warming Center, Tashya Evans waited for help with her Medicaid application as others at…

By Laurel Wamsley On April 18, 2024 Among the many hard truths for those trying to enter America’s brutal housing market, here’s one: Baby boomers continue to own many of…

By Lucia Mutikani On April 18, 2024 WASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits was unchanged at a low level last week,…

In Grants Pass v. Johnson, a town in Oregon asks the court to reconsider what constitutes “cruel and unusual punishments”. By MAURICE CHAMMAH, SHANNON HEFFERNAN and BETH SCHWARTZAPFEL 04.10.2024 When the Supreme Court hears…

BY ALEX VEIGA Updated 3:31 PM CDT, April 11, 2024 LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose to its highest level in five weeks, a setback for…