affordable housing

This is “Unsafe Haven,” a 30-minute documentary produced by WFDD's David Ford, who reports on what happened in the aftermath of the fire and the questions that remain. 

On an early morning in May, a kitchen fire swept through a low-income apartment in Greensboro. Inside, a refugee family from the Democratic Republic of the Congo—five young siblings and their father—slept.

This week, we've been reporting on the aftermath of a tragic fire that spread through a low-rent Greensboro apartment earlier this year, killing five young refugee siblings.

Last weekend, the Greensboro Housing Coalition (GHC) took another step toward finding new, affordable housing for dozens of African refugees facing displacement.

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.

Branson, Mo., welcomes more than eight million tourists each year, but the economic boom has passed by many of its low-wage workers who struggle to find safe and affordable housing.

In expensive West Coast cities like Los Angeles, there's a growing number of working people living on the margins — one crisis away from living on the streets due to soaring rents and housing prices.