A new report from WestEd and UCLA finds that homeless, migrant, and justice-involved youth aren’t refusing services — they’re being failed by siloed public agencies, inconsistent data definitions, and ...

The resources available to people experiencing homelessness are failing to keep pace with a crisis that grows larger every ...

Reality TV personality turned LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt built his campaign on demonstrably false claims about homelessness. The research consistently tells a different story. The LA Mayoral ...

When a homeless person is in distress, calling 988 instead of 911 connects them with trained crisis counselors who can provide confidential, judgment-free help without the risk of criminalization that ...

Wilmington, Delaware, is closing its only sanctioned encampment on June 15, leaving roughly 50 residents with nowhere to legally sleep and no alternative housing in place, despite a city promise that ...

With multiple federal definitions and counting methods that exclude many living in unstable or hidden conditions, the true scale of homelessness in America—now at a record high—is vastly underreported ...

At 7 am, Anderina Petero and her 21-year-old daughter, Marianeina, watch the sunrise as their overnight shift at Jack in the ...

The quote above is a common NIMBY mantra often hurled at members of the houseless community. Perhaps you’ve heard it echo out of a driver’s side window in the middle of a noisy traffic jam. Perhaps ...

Nonprofits are under attack. The narratives being used to destroy them are dishonest, coordinated, and costing lives. Here’s how to fight back. If you work in the homeless services sector right now, ...

Despite these lackluster features, the overwhelming majority of our readers claimed that they would be grateful to live in one of those if they were homeless. Entirely too many people who read about ...

When many Americans think about unfortunate people dying in poverty, they usually picture children in a far-off land staring forlornly into the camera like in some heart-string tugging charity ...

Unchecked advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are exacerbating poverty and homelessness by driving job automation, inflating rental prices through algorithmic manipulation, spreading ...