Housing
One organization in Austin, TX attributes homelessness to a ‘catastrophic loss of community,’ so they set out to build one.
By Jim Tuttle
A pandemic, extreme weather, and new city mandates create a perfect storm for thousands of people without a place to call home.
By Camille Wheeler
Photos by Camille Wheeler
A tenants’ union in Kansas City, MO, works to address housing insecurity on multiple fronts — from tenant support to changes in citywide housing policy.
By Cecily Sailer
Photos by Chase Castor
While employment numbers have stabilized, financial hardship leaves many in a state of housing insecurity.
By Matt Smith
Rappahannock Food Pantry in Virginia helps low-income residents survive the rising costs of living.
By Cecily Sailer
Photos by Kelly West
A network in Western New York is helping residents overcome barriers to connect to resources
By Jim McKeever
Photos by Michelle Gabel
Why Not Prosper, a nonprofit in Philadelphia, helps women rebuild their lives after incarceration.
By Cecily Sailer
Photos and video by Jim Tuttle
NeighborWorks Northeastern Pennsylvania provides home repairs and safety modifications for older adults.
By Cecily Sailer
Photos and video by Jim Tuttle
Four cousins honor the legacy of their grandparents by feeding and caring for people experiencing homelessness in Austin.
Story and photos by Camille Wheeler
A nonprofit in Kentucky helps young single moms achieve their goals, with additional help during the pandemic.
By Jim Tuttle
Using her skills as a trapeze artist, Erin Carey became a wildland firefighter to give back to her community.
By Nic Coury
Charity Chandler-Cole envisions foster care in Los Angeles as a restorative, healing space for young people of color.
By Martin do Nascimento
A growing Austin-based program provides free hotel rooms and new paths for survivors of domestic violence.
By Jim Tuttle
Every week for the past eight years, Janet Matzen has been cooking as a form of service and activism.
By Cecily Sailer and Kelly West
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Elise Cutini led her Silicon Valley-based nonprofit to rapidly raise and distribute funds to address the mounting needs of the foster youth they serve.
By Martin do Nascimento
Sin posibilidades de trabajar, las trabajadoras domésticas y los jornaleros luchan por sobrevivir a las consecuencias económicas de la pandemia de COVID-19.
By Martin do Nascimento
Unable to work, Latino domestic workers and day laborers struggle to survive the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Martin do Nascimento
Rebuilding his life after addiction and homelessness, Richard Barber turns to service for his neighbors.
By Cecily Sailer
The East Oakland Collective activates its city-wide network to support at-risk and underserved communities through the pandemic.
By Martin do Nascimento and Cecily Sailer
A photographer sets out to find two friends living on the streets of downtown Austin amid the pandemic.
By Camille Wheeler
A UBI pilot program offers transition-age foster youth $1000 a month. We talk to the county supervisor that started it about where the idea came from and where it could be heading.
By Martin do Nascimento
Amy Price is fundraising for Austin’s homeless in an altered landscape, and from a distance.
By Cecily Sailer
Austin Doerr is trying to hold on to his family’s small business in the wake of stay-at-home orders.
By Kelly West
Homeless, living with HIV, and lacking antiretroviral medication, Bella Casebolt is fighting to survive.
By Martin do Nascimento
For the president and CEO of Samaritan House, protecting at-risk residents during the COVID-19 crisis requires vigilance and hope.
By Cecily Sailer
For many Texans concerned during the COVID-19 crisis, the 211 hotline offers verified information, reassurance, resources, and compassion.
By Cecily Sailer
For Oakland’s unhoused population, survival during the COVID-19 crisis becomes harder by the day, but advocate Derrick Soo isn’t slowing down.
By Cecily Sailer and Martin do Nascimento
Mutual aid organizations are forming across the country to fill in the gaps for their communities affected by COVID-19
By Kelly West
One small Austin food pantry is on a mighty mission to end food insecurity and waste.
By Kelly West and Katie Friel
“You guys are like heroes for the city,” Austin Mayor Steve Adler says when he addresses the group set to take an annual census of people experiencing homelessness.
By Omar L. Gallaga and Kelly West
Rebuilding Together Valley of the Sun organized several hundred volunteers to paint homes and build wheelchair ramps at a mobile home park in Arizona.
By Jim Tuttle and Omar L. Gallaga
At Ivy Tech Community College, a network of more than 40 campuses in Indiana, a pillar of their strategic plan is to ensure the basic needs of students are met.
By Kelly West and Jodi Gonzalez