Homeless

Progress has been made in the construction of the Bridge Shelter in Vancouver. The city expects the 120-bed shelter to be open this winter. Photo by Paul Valencia Photo courtesy Paul Valencia 🎧 Bridge Shelter Update & Homeless Roundtable in Clark County Your browser does not support the audio element.…

New Orleans — As the Louisiana state Senate debated what the National Homelessness Law Center says is “one of the cruelest anti-homeless bills in the country,” more than 50 mainly Black unhoused people sat and lay on the sidewalk in New Orleans’ Central City neighborhood. The bill, which already passed…

On one of the coldest nights of the year, when temperatures dropped into the teens, Coweta County officially counted just 19 homeless people. Those working closest to the issue say that number isn’t just low—it doesn’t reflect reality. In Fayette County, there is no housing authority and few organizations dedicated…

Policy Trump administration wants to emphasize 'self-sufficiency' support programs, not 'housing-first' approach Encampments used by unhoused people are seen near Washington Circle on Aug. 14, 2025, in Washington, DC (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) Posted May 4, 2026 at 6:13am Facebook Twitter Email Reddit The Trump administration will renew its effort to…

The struggle against homelessness would be the major social priority of a Parti Québécois government in its first year, said party leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon in a message published Sunday. There are 12,000 unhoused people in Quebec — an increase of 2,400 people in three years, he said, citing the…

Funding from senior levels of government needed to meet rising demand and keep pace with growth and changing needs, region says as homelessness, financial instability increase...Read More

Vancouver resident challenges city’s homelessness spending after cleanup costs exceed $1.38 million with 1,700 tons of waste removed. Photo courtesy Peter Bracchi 🎧 Vancouver’s $1.38M cleanup bill sparks accountability debate Your browser does not support the audio element. Peter Bracchi says Vancouver can offer help and still require accountability Editor…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In his earliest days in the governor’s office, Democrat Gavin Newsom huddled with his advisers to consider how to realize a key campaign promise: transforming a healthcare system replete with insurance company intermediaries into the nation’s first state-run single-payer model providing comprehensive coverage to all residents, similar…

South Africans will go to the polls in the local government elections on Wednesday, 4 November 2026. The election date was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa during his closing remarks at an extended Presidential Coordinating Council (PCC) meeting at the Birchwood Hotel, in Ekurhuleni, on Thursday. He made the announcement…

Five pregnant women who were forced to sleep rough in Dublin last year were among more than 100 mothers who gave birth at the National Maternity Hospital (NMH) while either homeless or at risk of homelessness. In 2025, having a baby while living in emergency accommodation was one of the…