Poverty, Politics and Profit

Infobase, (film distributor.). PBS (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: An investigation into the billions spent on housing the poor, and why so few get the help they need. With NPR, the film examines the politics, profits and problems of an affordable housing system in crisis.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (53 min., 16 sec)) : sound.
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Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : PBS, [2017]
Distributor: New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2019.
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released by PBS, 2017. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on June 18, 2019.
Formatted Contents Note:	Affordability Crisis (3:39); Seeking Government Assistance (4:31); McKinney, Texas (5:10); Systemic Racism (4:11); Affordable Housing Developers (7:02); Affordable Housing Market (4:20); Financial Corruption (8:46); Fraudulent Business Practices (7:36); Crisis Investigation (5:36); Credits: Poverty, Politics and Profit (1:01);
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
Target Audience Note:	9 - 12, Academic/AP
System Details Note:	Streaming video file. System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description