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ArchivesSection 8 Housing Faces CutsBy Priscilla Huff on Tuesday, May 4, 2004.A federal program that helps low income families pay for housing is running into trouble. The result is that as many as 1800 New Hampshire families could lose their homes. The program is called Section 8. It provides payment vouchers to pay the difference between the cost of rent and what people can afford to pay. The budgeting change could have an impact on New Hampshire families within weeks. And in the long term, the Bush administration is considering revising the program entirely. NHPR Correspondent Priscilla Huff reports from Washington. listen:
 The Greatest People I Never KnewBy John Walters on Tuesday, May 4, 2004.Eric Daniels may be a funeral director, but he is by no means morose. On the contrary, he seems down right content. That could be, in part, because of the people he has come to know through his work. The deceased, that is. His new book, The Greatest People I Never Knew, captures the lives of people he came to know only in their death and tells how they changed his life. His book is available through local bookstores, Amazon and 1st Books listen:
Tracking TrainsBy Mike Arnold on Tuesday, May 4, 2004.When New Hampshire's Supreme Court ruled that gas taxes could not fund passenger trains, it was a major setback for Granite State rail advocates. Troubles with rail projects in the state is not new. We'll look at why getting trains going in New Hampshire has been so difficult. Mike's guests are Kit Morgan, administrator of the bureau of rail and transit at the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, and Ron O'Blenis, consultant from Parson Brinkerhoff. We'll also hear from Stephen Williams, executive director of the Nashua regional planning commission. listen:
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