Skip to main content
Nevada Public Radio
  • News 88.9 KNPR
  • Classical 89.7 kcnv
  • Magazine Desert Companion
  • About

    How to reach us

    1289 S. Torrey Pines Dr.
    Las Vegas, NV 89146

    Main Number:  1-702-258-9895
    Toll Free: 1-888-258-9895

    More contact info

     

     

      • Staff
      • Board of Directors
      • Employment
      • CPB Compliance
      • Our Policies
      • Our Business Members
      • Listen on the Radio
      • Other Ways to Listen
      • Sign-up for NVPR News
      • FCC Public Inspection File
      • CPB Funding
      • History
    • News 88.9 KNPR
    • Classical 89.7 KCNV
    • Desert Companion
  • Programs

    On News 88.9 KNPR

    On Classical 89.7

    News

    • All Things Considered
    • BBC World Service
    • Here & Now
    • Hidden Brain
    • It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders
    • KNPR's State of Nevada
    • Marketplace
    • Morning Edition
    • On the Media
    • Planet Money - How I Built This
    • Reveal
    • Take Two
    • The Daily
    • The Takeaway
    • Weekend Edition Saturday
    • Weekend Edition Sunday

    Humor

    • Ask Me Another
    • Live Wire!
    • Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

    Arts & Life

    • Bullseye
    • Desert Bloom
    • Fresh Air
    • Nevada Yesterdays
    • Radiolab
    • Snap Judgment
    • Sound Opinions
    • TED Radio Hour
    • The Business
    • The Moth
    • This American Life

    Classical

    • Chicago Symphony Orchestra
    • Classical Music
    • Concierto
    • From the Top
    • Music from the Hearts of Space
    • New York Philharmonic
    • Performance Today
    • Pipedreams
    • Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
    • Sunday Baroque
    • SymphonyCast

    Special Projects

    • Race and Racism in Nevada
    • StoryCorps Virtual: Las Vegas
    • Coronavirus - What You Need to Know
    • Fifth Street
  • Projects
  • Support
      • Support NVPR
      • Contact Member Services
      • Corporate Support
      • Donate your Car
      • Give Voice Major Gift Initiative
      • myPublicRadio
      • NVPR Facebook Fundraisers FAQ
      • Planned Giving
      • Volunteer
    • myPublicRadio
    • Donate Now
        • Member Benefits

    Main menu

    Search

    Listen

    News 88.9 KNPR
    Classical 89.7 KCNV
    Podcasts view all

    member station

    Support
    Subscribe to public housing

    public housing

    NPR
    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Lt. Travis Stokes, a firefighter in Richmond, Va., is helping to lead an effort to distribute protective equipment to residents of low-income and minority neighborhoods.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    In Minority Neighborhoods, Knocking On Doors To Stop The Spread Of The Coronavirus

    Jul 10, 2020
    Through a partnership between state and local government, volunteers and city workers in Richmond, Va., are passing out PPE in at-risk neighborhoods.
    NPR
    Law
    Come Jan. 1 it will be legal to smoke recreational marijuana in Illinois. But housing authorities say it will remain prohibited in  public housing.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    As Illinois Prepares To Legalize Pot, Public Housing Tenants Not Allowed To Partake

    Nov 11, 2019
    Anyone receiving federal housing assistance could face eviction if caught smoking or possessing pot, according to Chicago's Housing Authority.
    NPR
    Politics
    President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally Monday night in Rio Rancho, N.M.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Trump Goes 'Behind Enemy Lines' To Raise Money In SF Bay Area

    Sep 16, 2019
    The president will be attending private fundraisers near Silicon Valley and Beverly Hills. It is his first visit to the San Francisco Bay Area since his election, when he lost California by 30 points.
    NPR
    National
    Ben Carson is the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. HUD has proposed a new rule that would make families of mixed immigration status ineligible for subsidized housing. An impact analysis finds that some 55,000 children who are U.S. citizens or
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Proposed Rule Could Evict 55,000 Children From Subsidized Housing

    May 10, 2019
    Housing and Urban Development has proposed a new rule that could prevent undocumented immigrants from receiving federal housing aid. The result could be thousands of families evicted.
    NPR
    National
    Emergency crews responded to the Allen Benedict Court public housing complex in Columbia, S.C., Thursday. They found two men dead in the morning and later discovered gas leaks in multiple buildings.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    2 People Dead In S.C. Public Housing Complex, 411 Evacuated After Gas Leaks

    Jan 18, 2019
    Police haven't yet confirmed that the deaths of the men, who were found Thursday morning in separate apartments in Columbia, are tied to the leaks.
    NPR
    The Salt
    Hundreds of public housing residents are becoming food entrepreneurs thanks to Food Business Pathways, a free 10-week program that offers food-loving New York City Housing Authority residents customized business training and resources.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    New York Public Housing Is Home To City's Newest Food Entrepreneurs

    Nov 29, 2018
    Food Business Pathways is a free course that gives low-income participants a leg up in turning their ideas into successful businesses through training, mentoring, access to services and space to sell.
    NPR
    Economy
    Shantel Palacio and Maliah Jones, 7, at the Palacio home. The Palacios passed their Nehemiah home on to Shantel. She works for the New York City Department of Education, and writes a blog advocating for Brownsville citizens.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    The American Dream: One Block Can Make All The Difference

    Oct 04, 2018
    Is geography destiny? It goes against the core idea of the American dream, but a new online data tool says where you were born and raised actually makes a huge difference — down to the very block.
    • Listen Download
    NPR
    National
    Paulette Culbreth, a resident with Charlotte Housing since 2003, hopes to be one of the city's success stories.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Why Charlotte Is One Of Ben Carson's Models For HUD's Work Requirements

    Jul 12, 2018
    The Charlotte Housing Authority requires that people who get housing subsidies work — and the program is considered a success story. But helping people become self-sufficient remains a challenge.
    • Listen Download
    NPR
    News
    Grenfell Tower in west London is illuminated in green to mark a year since the devastating fire claimed 72 lives.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    London Lights Grenfell Tower Green A Year After Deadly Fire

    Jun 14, 2018
    Seventy-two lives were lost in the fire. The incident has come to symbolize poor living conditions in public housing and what is perceived as a slow and distant government response.
    NPR
    Around the Nation
    Decades of corruption, economic upheaval and racial tension have led Cairo, Ill., to become one of the fastest depopulating communities in the nation.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Carson Promises To Help Residents Of Housing Projects His Department Is Shutting Down

    Aug 09, 2017
    HUD Secretary Ben Carson visited the struggling Illinois river port, where his department is closing two public housing projects. Many of the town's remaining residents live in those developments.
    • Listen Download
    NPR
    Code Switch
    Public housing in lower Manhattan in New York City.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Location A Bigger Influence Than Race For Children In Public Housing

    May 09, 2017
    A new study finds that the neighborhood where children in public housing live impacts their life outcomes in more significant ways than race does.
    NPR
    Race
    Federal housing policies created after the Depression ensured that African-Americans and other people of color were left out of the new suburban communities — and pushed instead into urban housing projects, such as Detroit's Brewster-Douglass towers.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    A 'Forgotten History' Of How The U.S. Government Segregated America

    May 03, 2017
    Author Richard Rothstein says the housing programs begun under the New Deal were tantamount to a "state-sponsored system of segregation," in which people of color were purposely excluded from suburbs.
    • Listen Download
    NPR
    Politics
    Josephine Yaroz, 90, sits in her dining room after receiving a Meals On Wheels food delivery in Montague, N.J.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Advocates Say Trump Budget Cuts Will Hurt Country's Most Vulnerable

    Mar 17, 2017
    The outline released Thursday by the White House reduces funding for public housing, Meals on Wheels, community grants and more. Trump's lead budget official says such programs aren't proven to work.
    • Listen Download
    NPR
    The Two-Way
    A smoker snuffs out a cigarette at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    U.S. Imposes Nationwide Ban On Smoking In All Public Housing

    Nov 30, 2016
    The Obama administration has issued a sweeping final rule banning smoking in all public housing units nationwide, extending a smoke-free environment to nearly a million units.
    NPR
    The Two-Way
    Sherry Jackson shows a letter telling her she must relocate from her West Calumet Housing Complex home in East Chicago, Ind. Jackson has lived at West Calumet Housing Complex for four years but will have to move since the city has decided to demolish com
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Lead Levels Are Forcing More Than 1,000 Indiana Residents To Relocate

    Aug 31, 2016
    The residents of a public housing complex in East Chicago, Ind., are now forced to move because of dangerously high lead levels in the area's soil. A lead smelting company used to lie on the site.
    NPR
    All Tech Considered
    Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro says getting broadband access into public housing has been a priority during his tenure.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Comcast Joins Federal Effort To Bring Discounted Internet To Public Housing

    Jul 15, 2016
    Will the Internet ever be free for families relying on housing assistance? HUD Secretary Julian Castro and Comcast's David Cohen weigh in on challenges of connecting public housing to the Internet.
    NPR
    The Two-Way
    Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro said Thursday the proposed rule "will help improve the health of more than 760,000 children."
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    U.S. Proposes A Ban On Smoking In All Public Housing

    Nov 12, 2015
    "This proposed rule will help improve the health of more than 760,000 children and help public housing agencies save $153 million," Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro says.
    NPR
    Hurricane Katrina: 10 Years Of Recovery And Reflection
    Patrons of the Sojourner Truth Community Center in the Faubourg Lafitte housing development help themselves to free red beans and rice and greens. The center provides a community space for the development and programs to encourage interaction between res
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    After Katrina, New Orleans' Public Housing Is A Mix Of Pastel And Promises

    Aug 17, 2015
    The city tore down thousands of public housing units and is replacing them with mixed-income developments. The goal is to deconcentrate poverty. But it has been a hard return home for some residents.
    • Listen Download
    NPR
    Code Switch
    Up until the late 1980s, residents of public safety logged fewer complaints of violent crime than residents in the city at large.
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    Can New York Police Build Trust Among Public Housing Residents?

    Mar 17, 2015
    Many New York public housing residents once trusted the police who patrolled their communities. Since an officer killed an unarmed man in public housing, some are pressing to change police tactics.
    • Listen Download
    NPR
    Cities Project

    A Chicago Community Puts Mixed-Income Housing To The Test

    Feb 05, 2015
    Chicago plans to replace its Lathrop Homes public housing project with a mix of condos and affordable housing. Residents say it doesn't need a revamp — and that the overhaul will displace too many.
    • Listen Download
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email
    NPR
    Around the Nation
    Jamel Shabazz, a former Red Hook Houses resident, is an iconic photographer currently based in New York. His popular book <em>Back In The Days</em> has impacted the trajectory of street photography over the past decade. He is closely linked with the Rush
    Tweet Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Email

    An Exhibit Offers A Different Angle On Life In Public Housing

    Jan 13, 2015
    An exhibit in Brooklyn aims to upend stereotypes about public housing by profiling residents and their achievements. The curators know their subject well; they once lived in public housing themselves.
    • Listen Download
    • home
    • How to reach us
    • About
    • Support
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • NVPR News
    • Instagram

    © All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy

    PRXNPRAPMBBC INN