Cities find a new incentive to close homeless shelters : NPR
Dec 17, 2024 · A Supreme Court ruling eliminated the requirement of sheltering homeless people in some states. Advocates worry the ruling also motivates cities hostile to shelters to get rid of them...
US homelessness hits highest level as rents have soared - CNN
Dec 16, 2023 · This week, HUD announced that it has helped more than 424,000 households connect to homeless support services, exit homelessness, or avoid homelessness altogether in 2023.
U.S. homelessness rises 18% amid affordable housing shortage - NBC News
Dec 27, 2024 · Homelessness rose 18% in the U.S. this year as the affordable housing crisis, inflation, stagnant wages and natural disasters pummeled communities across the country, federal officials said Friday.
Homeless shelters | AP News
Jun 29, 2021 · New York City’s mayor says he plans to erect hangar-sized tents as temporary shelter for thousands of international migrants who have been bused into the Big Apple as part of a campaign by Republican governors to disrupt federal border policies. The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting.
Golden Hall homeless shelter closes, residents relocated as City …
Dec 29, 2024 · Golden Hall homeless residents moved amid closure of 264-bed shelter The City says residents from the now shuttered, 264-bed shelter were relocated. By Joey Safchik • Published December 29, 2024 ...
The Shelters Keeping People Out of Shelters - The New York Times
Mar 7, 2024 · Every day, people go to homeless shelters as a place of last resort. But some shelters, like the Marshall House in Hartford, Conn., are trying to help by turning people away.
Concerns about homeless shelter space as temperatures drop
3 days ago · She said homelessness is up 14% over the last year, though, while funding for cold weather shelters is down 10%. Marilyn Rossetti, Hartford city council member and CEO for Open Heart Association ...
Homelessness | AP News
Nov 22, 2024 · Federal officials say the United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country. Homeless encampments have largely vanished from San Francisco. Is the city at a turning point?
U.S. sees dramatic rise in homelessness among families in 2024
Dec 27, 2024 · Lisa Desjardins: Welcome to the "News Hour." Homelessness in America reached record high numbers earlier this year. A government report out today reveals that, last January, the number of people ...
New York City's $4B shelter system rife with ... - Associated Press News
Oct 18, 2024 · NEW YORK (AP) — A yearslong investigation of New York City’s $4 billion homeless shelter system found widespread mismanagement, self-dealing and nepotism. The review of dozens of nonprofit organizations that contract with the city to provide shelter to unhoused individuals and families began in 2021, before the arrival of tens of thousands ...