The Long Way Home
For this four-week series, Colorado Community Media journalists spent months digging into the factors that caused — and solutions to — the affordable housing crisis.
Below are several of my articles that were born out of the series, both for the original release and as follow-ups.
Note: Some of the websites linked here are undergoing maintenance, so please contact me at ninacjoss@gmail.com if you have issues with any links and I can send a copy to you.
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Racial Inequities: Black Coloradans often face barriers in homeownership
A few years ago, Aurora Warms the Night, an Aurora-based nonprofit serving people who need housing, ran into a challenge when assisting its Black clients in applying for apartments. When the applicants visited properties, landlords denied their applications. This happened over and over again...
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The voucher system: The difficulties of using housing choice vouchers
About a year and a half ago, David Hernandez received a call from a number he did not recognize. When he called the number back, he heard news that would drastically change his housing situation...
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Cruel Hope: Even with a housing voucher, metro man faces endless barriers to find disabled grandson a home
George Vonesh drives an hour round trip each day to visit his grandson, Justin...
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Landlords’ reluctance to accept vouchers explained
In Colorado, where discrimination based on source of income is illegal, some landlords are opposed to the mandate that they have to accept housing choice vouchers.
