Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project, ProPublica, and New York Focus. Statewide spending on hotels has more than tripled in recent years. The shift away from shelters has prevented families from accessing services like child care and help

Co-published with VPM News and PBS. In Virginia, many families who cannot find or afford a home have turned to budget motels on the stretch of road as housing of last resort.

Co-published with Bill Moyers & Company. For hundreds of families, home is a car in a quiet parking lot.