Outside the Minneapolis Central Library, a public seating area is decorated for the winter holidays, with festive evergreen ...

Heavyweight libertarian economist Milton Friedman's famous observation was that you can't have open immigration and a welfare ...

New York City will spend $650 million over the next five years to combat homelessness and mental illness, while increasing ...

Next City’s housing correspondent on the issues he’s keeping an eye on this year, from increased criminalization of ...

Though the number of unhoused people has been steadily rising, the governor has pushed back against a declaration. “I would ...

Migrants staying in emergency shelters throughout the five boroughs “accounted for almost 88% of the increase in sheltered ...

The Jefferson City homelessness task force continued to explore strategies to help the unhoused at its meeting ...

In the decade since city and county leaders declared homelessness a civil emergency, attitudes have crystallized into camps ...

Newsom survived a recall, weathered a pandemic, and coasted to reelection amid speculation about his ambitions for higher ...

A recent federal report found New York State is dealing with the highest per capita rate of homelessness in the country.

In his fourth State of the City speech, Mayor Adams vowed he’d double down on affordability and public safety during the ...

The Bay Area's homelessness crisis worsened in 2024, with a 6% rise pushing the number to an estimated 38,891 people, ...