Not long after Karen Fabec came from Pennsylvania to California in the 1970s, she married and moved to Willits in Mendocino County, where she and her husband lived off the land and grew their own organic produce. Four decades, two marriages, two children and a … More

Saylean Barham had planned on losing her apartment. With the end of her lease approaching, Barham paid off her bills, sold all her things and bought plane tickets for her and her disabled son to her home state of Hawaii. Barham, a 43-year-old single mom, … More

For the first month, Eloisa Herrera was grateful just to have an apartment for her fiance and their two small kids. She did not mind that there was nothing in it but carpet, which they sat on to eat and lay on to sleep. Herrera … More