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For millions of Americans with special needs -- the disabled, the mentally ill, ex-offenders, youth leaving foster care -- a home is a vital first step toward a stable life. NPR News explores the subject in a yearlong special reporting project, Housing First. Today's report, by NPR's Joseph Shapiro, profiles a program that gives a home -- and a second chance -- to people recovering from substance abuse.

For millions of Americans with special needs -- the disabled, the mentally ill, ex-offenders, youth leaving foster care -- a home is a vital first step toward a stable life. NPR News explores the subject in a yearlong special reporting project, Housing First. In Tuesday's report, NPR's Ina Jaffe profiles a California program that finds homes for youth who are "aging out" of foster care.

Chicago's Joe Vitacco is a freelance embalmer. He works out of his trunk, driving from funeral home to funeral home, plying his trade. He's lasted longer than most in the business, and over a 40-year career, he's worked on 40,000 bodies. Vitacco tells his story to Matt Ozug.

A new law is taking hold in many states, requiring owners of new homes to hold off suing the builder for repairs until they give the builder a chance to fix the problem. Homebuilders say it's only fair. Some owners of new homes say it's not fair to them and they want it repealed. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports.

Among the thousands of wildfire evacuees at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium are about 100 elderly nursing-home residents. Many have spent the past three days in wheelchairs, waiting for a time when it's safe for them to return to the nursing home.

When members of the 56th Stryker Brigade leave their Pennsylvania homes for the Middle East later this year, they won't have to worry about finding homes for their pets. A former Marine has created Canine Corps, a free kennel for Pennsylvania service personnel.

Jennifer Griffin reports from Beirut that the people of Lebanon and Northern Israel today enjoyed the quiet of a ceasefire announced yesterday between Israel and Hizbullah. The deal was brokered by Secretary of State Warren Christopher...and ended sixteen days of fighting which killed more than 150 Lebanese and forced thousands of Israelis and hundred of thousands of Lebanese civilians to flee their homes. In Lebanon today, waves of displaced families began returning home to towns and villages in Southern Lebanon.

The home-improvement chains Home Depot and Lowe's seek to fulfill promises to environmentalists to protect and sustain supplies of the lumber they sell. The business rivals are tracking the lumber to its source, seeking to reduce the impact on endangered forests. NPR's Robert Smith reports.

The Supreme Court rules that local governments can seize a person's home or business in order to make way for private economic development. The 5-to-4 decision was a defeat for seven Connecticut property owners whose homes are slated to be torn down for a development project that would include a hotel and offices.

The cost of home insurance in many parts is skyrocketing as more companies refuse to insure homes on the front lines of climate change. Homeowners face displacement if they can't get insurance.