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When landlords won't fix asthma triggers like mold, doctors call in the lawyers
Mold, pests and rodents in the home can lead to life-threatening asthma attacks in kids. Increasingly, doctors see this as a medical issue that requires legal intervention.
Progress seen on ending homelessness among veterans in Minnesota
This fall, the number of veterans on the state’s Homeless Veteran Registry registry dropped by 15 percent. Officials said it has much to do with a different strategy they used to attack homelessness.
VA halts foreclosures for thousands of veterans about to needlessly lose their homes
The Department of Veterans Affairs is intervening on behalf of 6,000 homeowners with VA loans who are in the foreclosure process. Many more are delinquent. The move follows an investigation by NPR.
The answer to veterans homelessness could be one of LA's most expensive neighborhoods
A massive VA campus in West Los Angeles is finally housing hundreds of vets, and may finally change the city's worst-in-the-nation status on veterans homelessness.
Should Medicaid pay to help someone find a home? California is trying it
California is making the nation's most ambitious effort yet to cover non-traditional health care services like housing and food for some of the state's sickest and most vulnerable residents.
Thousands of veterans face foreclosure and it's not their fault. The VA could help
An NPR investigation finds that many people with VA loans who got a COVID forbearance are at risk of losing their homes. The VA has a fix, but it could be too late unless it halts foreclosures.
Lawsuit claims unequal housing code enforcement hurts Minneapolis renters of color
Ten northside tenants and homeowners recently sued the city of Minneapolis claiming it responds to housing code complaint calls in predominantly white neighborhoods with more efficiency than it does in predominantly Black neighborhoods on the city’s north side. The city denies it discriminates against Black and brown renters.