A Drake University study on homeless families in central Iowa finds a major need for more emergency family shelters. Researchers followed ten families living in shelters across the Des Moines metro last year as they navigated housing resources. Drake sociology professor Elizabeth Talbert, a lead researcher, says discrimination from landlords against low-income renters and “exorbitant” […]
Carbon monoxide is always a danger, but it’s even worse during an Iowa winter
Technically, we’re still in late fall, but frigid wintery weather has moved in and Iowans are now at much greater risk