Across America this week, social services workers and volunteers are fanning out in their communities to count homeless people. The federal government mandates that a homeless census be conducted ...

WASHINGTON — Every night, Abdullah Ibrahim retreats from the streets into a wooded stretch along the Potomac River. As night falls and temperatures drop, he erects a tent and builds a fire beneath a ...

The thin line between housed and homeless became a rude reality for Yevonia Myles. One moment, she was a live-in home health aide caring for an elderly client. The next, a dispute with the client’s ...

There are several ways to react when you see a cluster of tents behind a Walgreens. Many of those responses were on display one recent November morning. Looking away is an option, and some people ...

Jonas Richards became homeless several years ago after losing his job as a truck driver. Despite suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes, seeing a doctor hasn't been a major priority since ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Ask anyone working to reduce homelessness in Central Florida, and they’ll tell you: the pushback can be almost as tough as the problem. Last year, plans to take an old Orange County ...

The problem of homelessness in central Durban is a pressing one. At the Denis Hurley Centre we know this better than most, since we are the single largest provider of services to homeless people in ...

Homeless people in Multnomah County died at six times the rate of the general population in 2024, according to an annual report released Friday. In total, 372 Multnomah County residents who had no ...