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Affordable housing, Single-parent families, Tuesday Reviewsday
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Jun 16, 2015
Listen • 46:44
Affordable housing, Single-parent families, Tuesday Reviewsday

A California ruling on affordable housing is shaking things up for developers, new data about single-parent homes, Tuesday Reviewsday's new music.

Everyone agrees housing has gotten too expensive in Los Angeles, but how to solve the problem? On that, there’s a lot less consensus.
Since it was founded in 2000, the city's Affordable Housing Trust Fund has provided loans to developers to incentivize them to build apartments for low-income residents.
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A California ruling on affordable housing is shaking things up for developers, new data about single-parent homes, Tuesday Reviewsday new music.

Say goodbye to trans fats: FDA gives food industry 3-year phase out
Listen • 5:51
Politico's Helena Bottemiller Evich explains more about what this means for your health, and for the food industry.
California's high court rules for affordable housing laws
Listen • 8:48
When San Jose passed a law requiring developers to price 15 percent of units for low- and moderate-income families, builders challenged the law.
NYC school's race discussion classes create controversy
Listen • 7:29
For part of these discussions at Fieldston Lower School, students were segregated into what the school calls 'affinity groups.'
The most exciting tech coming out of E3
Listen • 5:08
Today it begins... that ginormous gathering of game makers and game players in downtown Los Angeles known as E3. The biggest news? Virtual and Augmented Reality.
How single and 2-parent families break down along geographic lines
Listen • 7:49
David Leonhardt of The New York Times has been looking into the impact of two-parent households on upward mobility.
Border Patrol: No charges against agents in review
Listen • 8:54
The Border Patrol recently conducted an internal review of 67 incidents involving the use of deadly force from January 2010 to October 2012.
All chimpanzees officially on the endangered list
Listen • 7:35
As of Tuesday, chimpanzees, both wild and captive, will be labeled as an endangered species.
New music from Vince Staples, Major Lazer and more
Listen • 11:08
Oliver Wang and Morgan Rhodes join Tess Vigeland for our weekly new music segment, Tuesday Reviewsday. This week includes Czarface, Vince Staples and more.