Many Gainesville residents may not realize how much low-income families struggle to pay utility bills here. A small but committed corps has worked on the problem for years. But ultimately, solving the energy burden will take the larger community and core fixes, from affordable housing to transportation.
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Inferior housing is a key factor for why the poor pay more for energy in Gainesville, including rental properties with appliances so old or inefficient that utility bills can rival the rent.
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Gainesville residents did not have equal access to energy and water in the wake of the hurricane; the reasons stretch back to the city's historic development roots.
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Energy comes at a much greater cost for Gainesville’s poor, from the portion of income spent on utilities to the number of days without power after Hurricane Irma. A special report on why the poor pay more, and what we can do.
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A UF student recounts what it was like growing up in Vietnam after the war. Read his story at WUFT.org.
Read More »Oil tankers are streaming into Florida's ports as demand for gasoline spikes with Hurricane Irma evacuees returning home.
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More than 5.5 million homes and businesses in Florida remained without power at midday Tuesday after Hurricane Irma plowed through the state.
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An initial estimate from Moody's Analytics on Monday projected property destruction from Irma between $64 billion and $92 billion.
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Florida was approved Sunday for federal disaster relief as the powerful, wide and deadly Hurricane Irma made its second landfall of the day.
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Widespread and prolonged power outages will become part of life for most Floridians over the next few days as Hurricane Irma has started to make an anticipated northern turn that will result in a destructive run through the state starting Sunday.
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