For many poor families, housing costs are ‘out of reach’ [WashingtonPost.com]
Even as the federal government provides housing assistance for 5.5 million households, 7.2 million housing units are needed for more than 10 million extremely low-income families. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro delivered this bad news in a report on housing for low-income renters that is “Out of Reach,” which is the name of the study. “Our nation can’t fulfill any of our major goals — whether it’s tackling inequality, improving health care, keeping neighborhoods...