July 12, 2013
Friday Round-Up: This Week in the News
- The Economic Policy Institute says a family of four in the Washington, DC area would need to earn $88,615 each year “to live modest, not even middle class, lives.”
http://wamu.org/news/13/07/11/dc_families_need_88615_just_to_get_by_study_says?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=FBWAMU1111
(NPR) - The Washington Post offers an update on a major affordable housing project in DC that has stalled for years.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/in-district-affordable-housing-plan-hasnt-delivered/2013/07/07/789f1070-bc03-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html
(Washington Post) - Following Jennifer Lopez’s interview in W magazine in which she revealed she was briefly homeless as a teenager, Time looks at other notable figures who have experienced homelessness.
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/07/11/stars-who-were-once-homeless/
(Time)