Friday news roundup 4/18/14

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If you wish to watch or listen to the hearing, you’ll find a link to audio and video coverage on this Web page.

You can read a summary of the hearing from the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) here or from National Low-Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) here. In other news:

Atlantic Cities: The number of Americans living in high-poverty neighborhoods is still on the rise

Food Politics: Washington Post wins Pulitzer for food stamp series

Homelessness Law: Sharing a model for domestic human rights implementation

The HUDdle: Benefits of solar energy in affordable housing

KCET: The evolution of low-income housing in Los Angeles

Medium: “Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor,” James Baldwin famously wrote

New York Times: Nationally, half of all renters are now spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing

NHC: Concentrated poverty—what can be done to reverse the trend?

NLIHC: New report examines state rental assistance for persons with disabilities

Off The Charts: Tax-credit bill would help low-income families facing higher rents

ProPublica: How the government betrayed a landmark civil rights law