Section 8

Lancaster, California has experienced a surge of Section 8 renters, and they are facing discrimination from residents and city officials, Jennifer Medina reports for The New York Times.

The federal rental assistance vouchers known as Section 8 are increasingly putting low-income families into empty homes in the suburbs.

The bust of the housing market has put a fleet of atypically nice homes into the Section 8 subsidized housing pool.

Seven very low-income housing complexes in New Mexico have been renovated to be more energy efficient. The work was made possible by a nonprofit partnership that works in part to put money back in low-income residents' pockets.