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When housing assistance fails

  • Writer: SSMMA
    SSMMA
  • May 12, 2017
  • 1 min read

The federal government spends billions of dollars to help low-income Americans afford decent homes—and still, the rental housing crisis is worse than ever. Nearly every U.S. county has a deficit. Even where affordable units exist, they’re not really affordable. Cities, therefore, have become hot spots for evictions. And the average length of stay in subsidized housing is increasing.

So, what’s going on? In a new documentary called Poverty, Politics and Profit, NPR and PBS Frontline reporters set out to answer that question…Please click here to read Tanvi Misra’s story in the Atlantic Citylab. A related story, Why half of Cook County renters pay more than they can afford in rent, is here.

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