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Housing

What we’re doing: WPLN News has reported on the rising cost of housing for many years, but we’re committing to increasing our coverage throughout 2022, as single family home prices have gone up by 25% over the past year and rents have gone up by 20% over the past two years. These stories are informed by conversations with the community and rich in data and resources. Our goal: to create a visceral snapshot of the housing crisis in 2022, spur leaders into action, and empower residents to make smart decisions.


Join the conversation! We’ve dedicated several episodes of This Is Nashville to the rising cost of housing. Listen on any podcasting app, or on our website:

  • Adventures in Nashville home shopping with first-time buyers (Aug. 4)
  • Nashville’s growing need for affordable housing (July 14)
  • How mediation solves disputes, including between landlords and renters (June 29)
  • How rising housing costs are pushing Nashville’s immigrant communities further away (May 3)

WPLN News Investigates: How did an affordable apartment complex in a prime location deteriorate in plain sight? WPLN’s Ambriehl Crutchfield reviewed more than 1,600 inspections to understand how the apartments continued to decline despite government inspections, what low-wage residents are doing to find new homes in the city’s hot housing market, and why organizers are at odds about the way forward.

Read our special series Displaced.


Nashville’s renewed attention on encampments could bring change to Brookmeade Park

Tasha A.F. Lemley

November 4, 2022

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For years, there’s been an encampment at Brookmeade Park. Now the unsanctioned campsite could become one of the first places targeted in a new housing initiative.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: homelessness, Housing

For pregnant or parenting students, local colleges have few resources. A new Nashville organization aims to help fill the gap.

Paige Pfleger

October 13, 2022

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23-year-old India McKenzie proudly holds up her sonogram — the accordion of black and white images unfolding in her hands. She is starting to get excited about this baby, who she plans to name Polly after her grandmother.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Housing, pregnancy, teen pregnancy

Nashville’s program to reduce housing barriers has made some gains. Here’s why it’s not a clear win.

Ambriehl Crutchfield

October 4, 2022

A generic aerial photo of housing

Nashville’s low barrier housing collective program is all about creating more access for people experiencing homelessness.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: homelessness, Housing, Low Barrier Housing Collective

What housing is ‘affordable’ for you?

Rose Gilbert

September 27, 2022

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Housing is affordable — meaning you are not cost burdened — if it takes up 30% or less of your gross income, according to national housing guidelines. But we want to know what YOU would consider affordable in Nashville.

Filed Under: Citizen Nashville, Programs Tagged With: affordable housing, East Bank, Housing

Nashville’s mayor pushes for more federal funds to reduce homelessness

Ambriehl Crutchfield

September 26, 2022

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Nashville’s mayor is urging the Metro Council to spend $50 million of federal COVID relief funds to chip away at homelessness.

Filed Under: Metro Tagged With: Belleuve, homelessness, Housing, Metro Parks, Nashville Metro Council

Nashville’s affordable housing programs could get another consistent stream of income

Ambriehl Crutchfield

September 20, 2022

Back in April, Nashville Mayor John Cooper announced during his address to the city that he was working on a plan to create another consistent funding source for affordable housing.

Filed Under: Metro Tagged With: Airbnb, Housing, John Cooper

Riverchase redevelopment is delayed again, as a Metro councilmember holds out for more community input

Ambriehl Crutchfield

September 7, 2022

All residents have moved out of the Riverchase Apartments, which sit to the east of I-24 near downtown.

Filed Under: Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: development, Housing, McFerrin Park, Riverchase, Riverchase apartments

Nashville has made progress housing homeless veterans. A new mixed-income property could boost those efforts.

Damon Mitchell

August 31, 2022

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The number of homeless veterans in Nashville has declined in the past few years. But there are still many former service members without a permanent place to live.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: homelessness, Housing, Metro Social Services

Buying a home? Trying to hang onto your home? Here are some resources for you.

LaTonya Turner

August 17, 2022

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For many Americans, buying a home is the biggest financial investment they’ll ever make. And more than half of Americans are homeowners — about 65% in 2021, according to the Census Bureau. But many wannabe homeowners feel that goal is increasingly out of reach.

Filed Under: News Hits, WPLN News Tagged With: Business, foreclosure, Housing

Riverchase resident moves into new home, but feels the displaced community was treated ‘like we were kids’

Ambriehl Crutchfield

August 9, 2022

Virginia Holland lived at the East Nashville Riverchase apartments for four years.

Filed Under: Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Housing, Riverchase, Riverchase apartments

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