Winston-Salem City Council Divided Over Anti-Poverty Funding
The Winston-Salem City Council has approved $1 million to address poverty and social justice issues. But new measures highlighted a disagreement over how the funds will be allocated.
The Winston-Salem City Council has approved $1 million to address poverty and social justice issues. But new measures highlighted a disagreement over how the funds will be allocated.
Less than half of households in Forsyth County are renters, yet evictions account for nearly 90% of all housing loss in the county.
The annual Festival for the Homeless provides free barbeque, live music, children's games, and more to individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Winston-Salem.
Over the past decade, Forsyth County has made some unflattering national news.
The additional $600 that people on unemployment have been receiving is about to run out. And it's ending a week earlier than many expected.
Greensboro has long been home to one of the nation's highest eviction rates, and that was before the pandemic.
The Humane Society in Forsyth County is consolidating operations into one facility and changing the process for adoptions during the pandemi
A community group in Watauga County hopes to secure funding to address food insecurity a
Since 2014, the Housing Authority of Winston-Salem filed the second highest number of evictions in Forsyth County. In 2018 alone, it brought evictions against nearly 40 percent of the households living in its public housing units.