housing

Could you survive on $2 a day?

December 18, 2012 By Gabriel Thompson

Nearly 1.4 million American households live on that much per person.

Insurance companies getting FEMA to pay their post-Sandy bills

November 27, 2012 By John Wojcik

Anger is growing in Brooklyn as thousands in the New York area are told by their insurance companies that they're not covered for damages resulting from Hurricane Sandy.

$27 million granted to hire New York’s unemployed for Sandy relief

November 27, 2012 By Jarvis Tyner

There were protests to demand power be restored and for more help with the clean up. This situation to too big and too costly for private, profit-making companies to handle.

New program will help prevent foreclosures

October 12, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

A new initiative bringing together local, state and federal resources to help stem the tide of foreclosures devastating Oakland neighborhoods is poised for launch.

Rally demands banks stop foreclosing on veterans

September 18, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

Anti-foreclosure campaigners gathered to demand that banks stop foreclosure proceedings against a group of elderly veterans - most in their 90s - who are threatened with the loss of their homes.