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 altogether.
Authorities in Rome have only erected two of the four large tents they'd promised to provide around 250 camp beds for the homeless this winter.
Pastor Tom Barber said there's an average of 360 to 385 people staying at the mission every night. The shelter was built to house 250.
Homelessness kept rising in 2024, as progressive remedies fail.
# It is Bishop Hanchell’s goal that the homeless shelter, which he said would be named Hope City, will complete construction in 2025. The 100-bed shelter located on Carmichael Road will provide a ...
A Bucks County woman is accused of stabbing her daughter. Rebecca Watson, 46, is charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats, recklessly endangering another person and other offenses.
The shelter also offers 80 beds, divided between women and men, and case managers are on-site to help people transition off ...
Homelessness surged by 18% in 2024, with criminalization, insufficient affordable housing and lack of political will driving ...
Houston Mayor John Whitmire and the Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health want to expand involuntary commitments, but ...
Abigail Vân Neely’s stories documenting the city’s encampment sweeps and their aftermath were difficult but necessary reads.
With restaurants shut down during the pandemic, Brian Arborio found himself unemployed, unable to pay his rising rent, and ...