poverty & housing, in the news
These two articles were in two Pittsburgh publications within the last two days and I thought both were good and presented some of the issues that folks face when in a crisis. They aren’t terribly long and worth a read.
Low-Income Housing Market Shrinking by Diana Nelson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
and
Poverty has taken root in suburbs by Rachel Weaver and Jill King Greenwood, Pittsburgh Tribune Review
A board member for a local agency says that the “face of poverty is changing” but I don’t think that is the case. It’s evolving or expanding—changing doesn’t properly describe it because a lot of folks that were poor three years ago are still poor and their faces are the same, too. (that said I know NHCO does great work, so I don’t want to rag on their board member)
