Housing
Food Pantry In Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Tries To Ease Stigma Of Getting Help
Early on a Wednesday morning in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, a line of people perused boxes of fresh apples and green beans, frozen meat, and bags of bagels and biscuits at the South Congregational Church Community Food Pantry.
Read MoreIn Punta Santiago, It’s A Microcosm Of A Battered Puerto Rico
A middle-aged woman sat over a pail of water, a blue umbrella shielding her from the scorching sun. Surrounded by a wreckage of branches and twisted metal sheets, Angelina Arroyo Rivera salvaged what remained of her belongings — some silverware and some plastic containers, a blue tarp, a red purse, a white blouse.
Read MorePrayers, Canned Goods And ‘The Sounds That I Miss’: Adjusting To Life In Merrimack Valley
Since last Thursday, the House of Mercy has been busier than usual. The part shelter/part church/part donations center is among the places people affected by the Merrimack Valley gas explosions can go for help.
Read MoreAfter Maria, Displaced Puerto Ricans Start to Call New Hampshire Home
Not far from downtown Nashua, Carla Gomez is hosting a 77th birthday party for her uncle.
Read MoreWaiting For Supplies For His Home, One Puerto Rican Rebuilds Another Man’s House Instead
You only have to ask Ramón Luis Morales once to know that the trauma of Hurricane Maria is still fresh.
Read MoreSouth County Beach Community In Rhode Island Continues To Retreat As Ocean Creeps Inland
The cottages in these rows are in a prime oceanfront location, but they won’t be here for long. Within the next two years, they will be moved about a quarter mile inland, because the ocean is creeping in closer and closer every year.
Read More‘We’re Just Hoping For A Miracle’: Hurricane Maria Evacuees Brace For End Of Housing Assistance
Nine months after Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico, there are an estimated 300 families still living in hotels in Massachusetts with FEMA and the state footing the bill. But that changes at the end of June when this assistance expires. Many of the evacuees staying in hotels don’t know where they will be living next month.
Read MoreHousing in Converted Industrial Buildings Appeals to N.H. Millennials and Retirees Alike
In New Hampshire’s increasingly tight rental market, one area where there’s new development is conversion of industrial buildings. It’s a niche market, but one that’s attracting multiple generations of residents.
Read MoreLandlords in expensive Connecticut cheerfully (and illegally) avoid renting to families with children
OPINION In her search for a house to rent, Kristin Bradbury has called maybe a dozen property owners, and the excuses she’s heard fall into a few distinct categories. When she asks about renting a home in Madison, Conn., and mentions that she and husband Anderson (Andy) have three children, property owners are quick to…
Read MoreAre Millennials Reshaping The American Dream?
OPINION In the early ‘30s, James Truslow Adams, a banker turned Pulitzer-winning author, wrote a book-length paean to the U.S. titled, “The American Dream.” His publishers loved the manuscript, but the title had to go. No one, they said, would spend $3 for a book with “Dream” in the title during the Dirty Thirties, the…
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