When his apartment in Santa Rosa, California, went up in flames during the 2018 October fires, Miles Vinson was forced to move. It was an unexpected turn of events, but Vinson is taking advantage of his fresh start in Reno. “Thankfully I didn't lose a lot [in Santa Rosa],” he told Our Town Reno during a recent Share Your Story session at the downtown Reno library . “But I was already breaking my own bank trying to live there anyway." In the Biggest Little City though he has found the affordable housing crisis has arrived here as well. The reporter for this episode is Scott King.
Miles Vinson, Displaced by Fire and Unaffordable Housing
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Miles Vinson, Displaced by Fire and Unaffordable Housing
Our Town Reno
With audio postcards from the streets, and inspiring interviews with community activists, we address issues of homelessness, the disappearance of public space, gentrification and the value of helping each other out from our base in Reno, Nevada. We do live reporting, micro storytelling and spoken word. As we face an affordable housing crisis, what happens to our most vulnerable?
With audio postcards from the streets, and inspiring interviews with community activists, we address issues of homelessness, the disappearance of public space, gentrification and the value of helping each other out from our base in Reno, Nevada. We do live reporting, micro storytelling and spoken word. As we face an affordable housing crisis, what happens to our most vulnerable?Listen on
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