A program that would help fly homeless people in Hawaii back to the mainland is being greeted with skepticism by the state’s human services officials […]
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Homeless feel targeted by Hackensack’s quality-of-life crackdown
Donald Mayfield doesn’t deny he has “a bad criminal record” that includes carjacking, kidnapping and weapons offenses. But with treatment and medication for paranoid schizophrenia, […]
Life in a ‘dog cage’: Manhattan’s secret tenement offers hell for $10 a night
It’s a human kennel. Less than a 10-minute walk from Soho is the Sun Bright Hotel — where men pay $10 a night to live […]
Occupy Madison starts building an eco-village one ‘tiny home’ at a time
Tiny houses are turning out to be the hottest thing in downsizing since the condominium. Economical and sustainable, houses of less than 100 square feet […]
Formerly Homeless Man Invents Portable Shelters to Help Others
A formerly homeless Utah man has used his insight to create and build “survival pods,” or mini-shelters, to be doled out to people who currently […]
Arrests don’t amount to a homeless strategy
The city of Tampa is poised to crack down on panhandling and the congregation of homeless people downtown when it should be engaged in a […]
The right way to end homelessness
Gov. Bob McDonnell made it a priority to put displaced individuals and families in stable housing. People who become homeless typically are struggling with some […]
Portraits of the Homeless Photographed in a Studio Environment
“Down and Out in the South” is a series of studio portraits by photographer Jan Banning that explore the issue of homelessness. The project started […]
Homeless youth find a home in park on Village waterfront
Domingo, a.K.A. D Love, Age 20 Where are you from? Originally L.A., but I came to New York to pursue my career in dancing and […]
Vehicular Residency is the Fastest Growing Demographic of Homelessness
Vehicular Residency is the Fastest Growing Demographic of Homelessness Mobile Homeless, or as Graham Pruss would have us all say, ‘Vehicular Residency,’ is the fastest […]
Homelessness is Your Problem Whether You Recognize It Or Not
A man in the street begging for money, a women on the side of the road holding up a piece of cardboard saying “Homeless, Will […]
Feed the Homeless Tour
Our goal is to see that no man, woman or child has to live homeless on the streets due to devastating circumstances, and that each […]
Corte Madera Town Council opposes state ‘Homelessness Bill’
The Corte Madera Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday to oppose pending state Assembly Bill 5, known as the “Homelessness Bill” by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San […]
Homeless People in Detroit Are Getting Shoved Into Cop Cars and Ditched Past the City Limits
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is contending that the Detroit State Police Department is taking homeless residents and dumping them outside of city limits. […]
Bill says homeless have right to be on the street
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Homeless people would be allowed to sit, sleep and panhandle in public under a bill that passed a legislative committee on Tuesday, even as […]