Housing

Ella Barnes-Williams visits the thrift shop associated with Martha's Table, a nonprofit social services organization in Washington, D.C.

When Life Overwhelms, This Group Lends A Healthy Hand

2:03pm March 12, 2015

by Anders Kelto

Health care should go beyond a doctor's office, the creators of this program say. Students work as health advocates, helping patients find affordable housing, fresh food and social services as needed.

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Uzuri Pease-Greene, right, leads a walk through the public housing complex in the Potrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco where her family lives. She is working to have the old buildings replaced.

Improving Housing Can Pay Dividends In Better Health

5:20pm March 03, 2015

by Patti Neighmond

Living in substandard housing can make health problems like asthma much worse. Two mothers tell of their families' struggles to stay healthy in poor housing and their efforts to improve their lot.

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A resident of Lathrop Homes leaves one of the few occupied buildings in the development. The city wants to redevelop the public housing as mixed use, and offered vouchers to encourage residents to relocate.

A Chicago Community Puts Mixed-Income Housing To The Test

2:38pm February 05, 2015

by Cheryl Corley

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.

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Ephraim Benton, a former resident of Tompkins Houses in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, is now an actor. Benton started a community-based organization called Beyond Influencing Da Hood, which puts on health fairs, film festivals and various fr

An Exhibit Offers A Different Angle On Life In Public Housing

5:20pm January 13, 2015

by Pam Fessler

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.

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The Grocery Delivery Man Who Brings Joy To A Housing Complex

7:52am December 26, 2014

by NPR Staff

A San Francisco man talks about why he volunteers to deliver groceries to his elderly and disabled neighbors.

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The $1 billion Brickell City Centre, currently under construction, will house condos, a hotel and a retail and entertainment complex. Condo projects are booming in Miami, financed mostly by foreign buyers.

Foreign Dollars Fuel A New Condo Boom In Miami

11:34am December 01, 2014

by Greg Allen

After the bust of the Great Recession, construction cranes once again tower over Miami. The transformation masks a difficult reality: This flashy city also remains one of the nation's poorest.

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Urban farmers turning a vacant lot into a garden plot in San Francisco's Hayes Valley.

Tax Breaks May Turn San Francisco's Vacant Lots Into Urban Farms

6:03pm September 09, 2014

by Alastair Bland

San Francisco is one of many U.S. cities rolling out incentives to grow food on unused land. But some San Franciscans argue that land should be used to address the acute affordable housing shortage.

The Bucking Horse subdivision in Fort Collins, Colo., will include a working CSA farm, complete with historic barn, farm house and chicken coop.

Forget Golf Courses: Subdivisions Draw Residents With Farms

10:00am January 17, 2014

by Luke Runyon

Across the country, a new model of housing development is springing up that embraces the local food movement. Farms — complete with livestock, vegetables and fruit trees — are now serving as the latest suburban amenity.

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Economy

Triad Business Roundup: Health, Housing and Handshakes

7:00am October 25, 2013

This week's business report is a roundup of several topics.

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Economy

USDA Loan Interruption Hits Local Housing Market

12:35pm October 15, 2013

The federal government shutdown is causing a slowdown in home sales in rural Triad communities. The U.S.