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Affordable housing proves hard to come by in one Texas town

Jul 29, 2015, 2:27 PM 0

By Ross Griffith and Victoria Robinson VoiceBox Media San Marcos is a rapidly expanding city with a severe lack of housing options for the nearly 40 percent of residents who live below the poverty level. The majority of residents…

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Texas community provides safe haven and needed resources for impoverished youth

Jul 13, 2015, 12:21 PM 0

By Ross Griffith and Victoria Robinson Voice Box Media Stability can be hard to come by for the one in four San Marcos youth living in poverty and the more than 100 children a year housed in an emergency…

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San Marcos, TX: The fastest growing city in the nation with one of the highest poverty rates in its’ state

Jun 22, 2015, 10:23 AM 0

By Ross Griffith and Victoria Robinson Voice Box Media SAN MARCOS – Recently named the fastest growing city in the nation for the third consecutive year by the U.S. Census Bureau, San Marcos also possesses one of the highest poverty…