In the past, many cities have treated the homeless as an eyesore to be removed ahead of big sporting and political events. This year’s World Cup appears to be different ...

When a reporter asked Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt about his plans to tackle homelessness, Pratt had a brusque response: “They’re not homeless. They’re drug addicts.” “They are choosing ...

Little Rock has a homelessness problem. Hundreds of men, women and children live on the streets, in cars or vans, or in shelters. Some have lived that way for years. Most, however, don't want to be in ...

More homeless are finding refuge outdoors, casting into public view an entrenched and long-standing problem of inadequate shelter space and underfunded, ill-equipped systems.

Clothes on a fence near Route 72 indicate activity at a homeless encampment in New Britain. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror The stigma of poverty is deeply painful for many unhoused citizens ...

One year after the Derrick Street camp reset, city of Huntsville officials said the number of homeless people in the area is ...

At Tuesday’s meeting of the Soroptimist International of Vacaville, Gail Thomson, co-founder of the local nonprofit A Hand Up, delivered a powerful presentation on the growing homelessness crisis in ...

IN ITS ONGOING struggles with homelessness, Portland can take solace in one thing: It’s not us—it’s the West Coast. According to a new report from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development ...

Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt put forward a plan Friday for dealing with the city's drug and homelessness crisis, arguing that L.A. should stop treating the issue primarily as a housing ...