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    Have You Been Evicted During The Pandemic, Or Afraid Of Losing Your Home?

    Jan 05, 2021
    NPR wants to hear from you if you have lost income and couldn't pay rent to your landlord or needed a mortgage forbearance.
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    December 31, 2020

    Dec 31, 2020
    2020 Wasn't a Total Hellscape | My Secret Rock | Media Sommelier
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    Housing activists protesting evictions in Massachusetts, which recently allowed its sweeping statewide eviction ban to expire. That leaves residents with only a much weaker eviction protection order from the Centers for Disease Control and prevention.
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    Why The CDC Eviction Ban Isn't Really A Ban: 'I Have Nowhere To Go'

    Dec 20, 2020
    Families are getting put out on the street despite an order to block evictions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Advocates say the order needs to be extended and strengthened.
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    Science
    A new report finds FEMA is not effectively allocating money for homes that repeatedly flood. More than 100 homes in Cameron Parish, La., have flooded multiple times according to FEMA data.
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    Inspector General Slams FEMA Over Repeatedly Flooded Homes

    Sep 15, 2020
    These homeowners are eligible for federal help, but a new report finds that FEMA often fails to provide that assistance.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Protesters march Aug. 21 outside a courthouse in Houston, where evictions are continuing despite a moratorium ordered recently by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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    Despite A New Federal Ban, Many Renters Are Still Getting Evicted

    Sep 14, 2020
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered a nationwide eviction ban for people who can't pay rent and have no place to go. It's helping some, but many others are getting evicted anyway.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Caroline Wells and her family at their new home outside San Antonio. The builders just finished it so the yard has yet to be planted, but the couple is looking forward to letting the kids run out their energy with a lot more outdoor space than they had a
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    More Space, Please: Home Sales Booming Despite Pandemic, Recession

    Aug 28, 2020
    Despite high unemployment, a severe recession and economic uncertainty, the housing market is on a tear. Sales are booming and prices hit a record high. Low rates and remote work are driving factors.
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    Floodwaters surround a newly constructed house for sale in Maine in 2018. Realtor.com added flood risk information to the more than 100 million listings on its site.
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    Major Real Estate Website Now Shows Flood Risk. Should They All?

    Aug 26, 2020
    Millions of home listings on Realtor.com now include information about climate change-driven flood risk. Other real estate sites are holding off.
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    Environment
    Lawmakers in California say the state's pattern of single-family zoning is boosting carbon emissions.
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    Why Sprawl Could Be The Next Big Climate Change Battle

    Aug 06, 2020
    Zoning for single-family homes has been tied to racial inequity and climate change, but in California, efforts to pass new laws keep falling short.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    It's the first of the month, and rent is due for millions of Americans.
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    Rent Is Due Today, But Millions Of Americans Won't Be Paying

    May 01, 2020

    Housing activists are enlisting renters who can and can't pay rent starting May 1 to sign a pledge with the goal of putting pressure on landlords and policymakers.

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    UNR Will Move Students Out Of Circus Circus Next Year

    Feb 28, 2020

    Last summer, two dorms on the University of Nevada, Reno

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    A tank of water sits outside Milbourne's home.
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    Sell Or Stay? Australia's Fire Zone Experiment

    Feb 25, 2020
    After deadly 2009 wildfires, authorities offered to buy property to encourage people to move. Few accepted. The questions raised by Australia's experience are freshly urgent after its latest fires.
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    Criminal Justice Collaborative
    New inmates with a mental illness arrive daily in the Los Angeles County jail system. It now holds more than 5,000 inmates with a mental illness who've had run-ins with the law.
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    America's Mental Health Crisis Hidden Behind Bars

    Feb 25, 2020
    Overcrowding, understaffing and poor treatment for inmates with mental health issues held in Los Angeles jails underscore growing failures in America's mental health and justice systems.
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    Book Reviews
    <em>Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America</em>, by Conor Dougherty
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    Author Says 'Mixed Solutions Can Feel Like A Cop-Out' But May Solve Housing Inequity

    Feb 12, 2020
    Journalist Conor Dougherty doesn't traffic radical ideas in Golden Gates, but tells the story of housing in all its complexity, acknowledging that imperfect solutions are often the only solutions.
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    High And Rising: These Reno Neighborhoods Have The Fastest-Growing Rents

    Feb 06, 2020

    Rents in Nevada have been climbing for a long time now. And yet, it’s getting even worse in Reno. 

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    Long-term stays are a growing part of Airbnb's business. In August, the company announced it was buying Urbandoor, which helps people find apartments for extended stays. And Airbnb says these longer stays are a big part of its future.
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    'Wow, You're Using The Kitchen Again:' The Irritations, Perks Of Longer Airbnb Stays

    Dec 17, 2019
    Airbnb is known for offering short stays in someone else's home, but now more people are using it for a month or more. Those longer stays can bring frustrations and weirdness.
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    Robert Marbut has been tapped to lead the federal office on homelessness. Marbut is seen here in 2011 in a shelter in Clearwater, Fla.
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    White House Names Controversial Pick To Head Homelessness Office

    Dec 05, 2019
    Advocates for the homeless worry that Robert Marbut, a consultant who has been hired by many cities, will roll back the successes of arranging housing for the homeless.
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    Environment
    A flood-prone area of Houston where houses have been bought out with help from the federal government is now an empty field.
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    Sweeping Study Raises Questions About Who Benefits From Buyouts Of Flood-Prone Homes

    Oct 09, 2019
    Scientists have released the most detailed look yet at where and how the U.S. government helps residents retreat from flood-prone areas. Climate change is making such questions more urgent.
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    Itzel Alarcon recently moved into a rental development near Denver. She says she's renting for now because she saw relatives hurt by the housing crash and is worried that home values might drop again.
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    Renters Only: These New Homes Aren't For Sale

    Oct 07, 2019
    Developers are building thousands of single-family homes that won't require a mortgage to move in. Even people who could afford to buy are choosing to rent — they aren't ready for the long-term debt.
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    Millions of homes built before 1978 still contain lead-based paint. A report published Monday finds the Environmental Protection Agency is not adequately enforcing laws meant to protect children from lead-laden paint flakes and dust.
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    Federal Watchdog Warns EPA Is Failing To Enforce Lead Paint Abatement Rules

    Sep 09, 2019
    Home renovations can kick up dangerous dust from lead-based paint. A new report finds the Environmental Protection Agency is not adequately enforcing rules meant to protect kids from lead exposure.
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    More Apartments Opening Near UNLV

    Sep 05, 2019

    The area around UNLV has recently seen the opening of three large apartment complexes, giving students more of a chance to live near the campus, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.  

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    Grigory Vodolazov's 3-year-old son peers into his family's apartment complex from their unit in Bellevue, Wash. The Vodolazov family is part of Creating Moves to Opportunity, a housing voucher experiment that uses incentives and counseling to encourage l
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    In Seattle, A Move Across Town Could Be A Path Out Of Poverty

    Aug 05, 2019
    Studies show poor children living in "high opportunity" areas have a better chance at success. A program in the Seattle area to help families move to better neighborhoods has seen promising results.
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    National
    Oregon's Legislature passed a bill that would allow duplexes, like this one in Portland, in areas zoned for single-family housing in cities with more than 10,000 people.
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    Oregon Legislature Votes To Essentially Ban Single-Family Zoning

    Jul 01, 2019
    The bill makes duplexes allowable in cities over 10,000 people, and quadplexes legal in the Portland metro area. It's part of a growing change to zoning policy amid a national housing crisis.
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    Students At Nevada's Colleges Face Food And Housing Insecurity

    Jun 28, 2019

    A problem has been festering on many college and university campuses around the nation - inclduing those in Nevada. Many students are faced with food and housing insecurity.

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    A Roof of One's Own: Is an affordability crunch on the way?

    Jun 25, 2019

    The cranes are back on the Strip. The wood frames of single-family homes are rising again in our neighborhoods.

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    A Look Back At Nevada's Recent Housing Legislation

    Jun 25, 2019

    Lawmakers addressed gun control, criminal justice reform and education. But perhaps one of the most pressing issues was housing. 

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