The state has capacity for 2.6 times the number of families it is accommodating – leaving 2,351 vacancies last month.

In Jefferson County, community members are working to help unhoused people, after its homeless shelters closed three months ago.

Tom Cummings spent three years “couch surfing” and sleeping in the woods of Scranton, using any drug offered to him and ...

In fact, the report shows a very low portion - just 16% - of people move from shelter to housing. It concludes that the ...

Whitney Mays, director of Hope House, and Bridget McFadden, director of Refuge of Hope, suggest alternatives to criminalizing ...

For a year, I worked with the homeless in New York City. Over the course of that year, I encountered more than 200 unhoused people. Only three ended up in permanent housing. Our team consisted of me, ...

The city also opened two recreation centers from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, to offer daytime respite: Adams-Butzel at 10500 Lyndon St. and the Coleman Young ...

Who can apply: To receive a cart, applicants must be at least 18 years old, live in L.A. County, be self-employed as a ...

The shelter opens at 8:45 p.m. when Ames activates its extreme temperature plan and will accept guests until midnight.

Norman city leaders are proposing an $8 million bond to build a new homeless shelter, with a potential vote by residents in ...

District 2 Supervisor Betty Duong said she supports exploring the concept. Some resources already exist in the county for ...

Local organizations fear budget slashes could lead to surge in homelessness across metro area ...