My mother’s brush with death started out innocuously. She had a persistent “wheezing,” and while—as the days passed by and it turned into a cough—she knew it probably should have gone away by that time, it took too much energy to catch the required two buses to visit her physician. It could wait a little longer, she reasoned.

Financial capability programs make 'cents' for renters

Financial security is critical for both the residents served by NeighborWorks America network member Community Housing Partners (CHP) and the greater area. Thus, the nonprofit organization focuses its resident-services program on the financial capability of its multifamily residents — access to financial education, coaching and the products necessary to act on what they learn.