Last year, Oakland voters recalled Mayor Barbara Lee’s predecessor, Sheng Thao, in large part over boiling frustrations about sprawling homeless camps that have taken root across the city. Now the ...

Some might celebrate these cuts as cost savings. But a growing crisis of homelessness - in red and blue states alike - will ...

A new care center for homeless people on Los Angeles' infamous Skid Row embraces the principle of harm reduction, a more ...

We cannot allow the federal government to undo years of progress and put our friends, family members and neighbors in harm's ...

In Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego, homeless Californians describe their experiences as camping ban enforcement has ...

“Last year homelessness increased 116% in the state of Illinois,” Doug Kenshol, co-founder of the Illinois Shelter Alliance, ...

Advocates are still split over the best way to help people who are homeless, as cities enforce public camping bans.

This article is part of The Rooftop, a blog and multimedia series from New America’s Future of Land and Housing program.

Los Angeles County picked Sarah Mahin, a veteran homeless service executive, to lead its new homelessness department.

Citations and arrests doubled in San Diego, which also doubled the size of its police teams that respond to homelessness.

A one-night count of people in the community facing homelessness was conducted by more than 400 volunteers in January. The ...