UnAffordable and UnSheltered
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UnAffordable and UnSheltered
Are homelessness, and affordable housing in Arizona connected? Housing in the Phoenix area has become hard to afford. However, it's often the institutional barriers that keep people homeless. UnSheltered and UnAffordable podcasts explore the obstacles that can make surviving and thriving in the Vall...
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Unsheltered: Don't stay long
Hundreds of unhoused people used to live in tents on the Salt River near Tempe Town Lake. But in August, Tempe made the riverbed a no-trespassing zone...
UnAffordable: Another Way Home
The issues around unaffordable housing have increased for low-income and homeless populations as home prices continue to rise, and waiting lists for s...
UnAffordable: Dorothy Finds A Home
Arizona real estate is at a premium and rental rates are skyrocketing. Those facts led homeless shelters and affordable housing to experience growing...
UnAffordable: Unavailable and Unattainable
The moratorium on evictions has ended, and there's a housing shortage with no end in sight. On top of that, median home prices in Arizona have increas...
UnAffordable: The American Dream
Does the "American Dream" still exist in Arizona? Years ago, it was possible to live an affordable life as a single or with just one hard-working brea...
UnAffordable: Moving On
A lot has changed in Arizona’s housing market since UnAffordable was published in 2019. Two years later, Arizona's issues still include housing shorta...
UnSheltered: Sentenced
Sentences for misdemeanor crimes typically include fines and probation. While it's easy to say those sentences aren't harsh, for the poorest people in...
UnSheltered: Assembly Line Justice
It's not a crime to be homeless. But survival for unsheltered people sometimes means standing or sleeping in odd places, fighting to maintain space or...
UnSheltered: New Normal
The post-pandemic world will be a lot different from the pre-pandemic world. At this moment, nobody really knows what the next week will look like - l...
UnSheltered: Improvise: Homeless During Crisis
It's safe to argue that the COVID-19 pandemic is a disaster. And the way we prepare for, respond to and discuss disasters in the United States often e...
UnSheltered: Illness & Incarceration
Once someone ends up homeless, systematic and legal barriers make it exceedingly difficult to escape. A majority of homeless people find themselves in...
UnSheltered: Street Living
As volunteers hit the streets to count the numbers of unsheltered homeless in Maricopa County, Unsheltered will delve into why Phoenix has such a prob...
UnAffordable: Where Do We Go From Here?
There are many organizations in Arizona working to build affordable housing and support low-income people who need places to live. But all of these or...
UnAffordable: The Money Problem(s)
We know we need more affordable housing in Phoenix, so why don't we just build it? In part four of this five-part podcast, host Katherine Davis-Young...
UnAffordable: The Balancing Act
When we talk about the issue of housing, we’re talking about so much more than building one home for one person. Housing is a balancing act among the...
UnAffordable: The Working Poor
Affordability is relative. What you can afford to pay in rent all depends on how much money you make in the first place. So how do wages relate to Ari...
UnAffordable: The Perfect Storm
How did the Phoenix area develop one of the most severe affordable housing shortages in the country? In part one of this five-part podcast, host Kathe...