MEDFORD, Ore. – A new survey of voters over 50 in two Oregon counties offers some hints about what kinds of changes communities may have to make to allow people to age comfortably and as independently as possible. Jackson and Josephine counties in southwest Oregon have some of the largest pe ...Read More

MINNEAPOLIS – The Children's Defense Fund of Minnesota tonight is honoring four young women who have overcome extreme adversity to pursue their dreams. The winners of the Beat the Odds awards are all high school seniors who, despite challenges, have done well in school and are planning to at ...Read More

RICHMOND, Va. - Modifying a mortgage still can be a difficult proposition - even after last year's national agreement by banks to make improvements. Just ask Rita Williams, who's been trying for three years to stay out of foreclosure. She's faced one bureaucratic bungle after another, such as havin ...Read More

HARTFORD, Conn. - It's billed as the largest gathering of people working to end homelessness in the state, and it gets underway today at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. According to Fran Martin, interim executive director of the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, one big fac ...Read More

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Just because you have a job doesn't mean you can pay the rent in Maryland. An increasing number of renters are spending more than half their income on housing, according to a new report from the nonprofit Center for Housing Policy. Report co-author Maya Brennan, the center's senior ...Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Folks working to improve social mobility in West Virginia will be meeting Monday to look at a new tool to reach that goal. Russell Krumnow, coalition manager with the bipartisan campaign Opportunity Nation, will be in Charleston at the annual conference of the West Virgin ...Read More

SALEM, Ore. - Just five bucks for Oregon's homeless veterans. It's an offer being examined in a legislative committee hearing today. The bill (HB 2417) would add five dollars to the real estate recording fee, with the money going to help veterans with emergency housing, affordable housing and home o ...Read More

BAY SHORE, N.Y. - Nearly six months after Hurricane Sandy hammered Long Island's South Shore, homeowners are still repairing and rebuilding, thanks to federal money as well as charitable fundraisers such as rock concerts. However, it's a different story for renters - especially those needing rental ...Read More