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New Report Recommends Strategies to Tackle Rental Affordability
The affordability of rental housing has worsened to the point where more than 10 million extremely low-income households are either homeless or forced to choose between...Read more
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Rural Counties in North Carolina Experience Significant Energy Burden
Rural counties in Eastern North Carolina have the most significant energy burdens in the state, according to a revamped...Read more
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Older Adults Increasingly Live in Low-Density Suburbs and Rural Communities
A report by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies finds that...Read more
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Winter Solstice Brings Attention to Homelessness
For nearly 30 years, National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day has been observed on December 21 – the first day of winter and the longest night of the year – to bring...Read more
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New Report Highlights Boomers’ Housing Affordability Struggle
More than half of Americans older than 65, including 58% of North Carolinians in that demographic, pay more than 50 percent of their income on housing costs, according to...Read more
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Nationwide Data Maps Out Where Poor Children Have the Best Chance to Get Ahead
The Census Bureau, in collaboration with researchers and Harvard and Brown universities, has published nationwide maps showing the neighborhoods where children who grow up...Read more
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Veteran Homelessness Continues to Decline in North Carolina, Nationally
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Annual Homeless Assessment Report states that the total number of reported veterans experiencing homelessness at the...Read more
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Renters Struggle More Than Homeowners to Meet Basic Needs
A new Urban Institute study shows that renters are more likely to have difficulty meeting non-housing basic needs than homeowners, with 30 percent having experienced food...Read more
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Homes Reach Decade High Unaffordability Levels
A new report about home affordability shows that U.S. home prices in the third quarter of 2018 were the least affordable they have been in 10 years.Read more