Across New Mexico, low-income renters face leaks, heat, mold, roaches — and no recourse.
Housing
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Child Welfare Experts Say New Mexico Can’t Put Kids in Homeless Shelters Just Because It Lacks Other Beds
An expert report found that New Mexico’s child welfare system has housed foster kids in homeless shelters and other inappropriate settings.
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Helter shelter
New Mexico cities resist building encampments, despite one’s success to the south
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Off the radar
2,300 homeless youths in Albuquerque — and most of them out of sight
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The other energy crisis
Thousands of New Mexico households are struggling to keep the lights on and the water running. The ones who stand to lose the most: children.
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Helped out
New Mexico landlords tried to evict nearly 200 households whose rental assistance applications were pending
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Eviction Epidemic
Searchlight analyzed 10 years of court records to find out which landlords evicted tenants. Here are the results.
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Sectioned off
With rent prices skyrocketing, more and more Albuquerque landlords have been refusing Section 8 tenants.
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New Mexico’s affordable housing crisis has solutions
A Q&A with University of New Mexico law professor Serge Martinez