Homeless

Recent floods have worsened the state’s housing crisis, and the local government’s response is proving woefully inadequate once again. January 6, 2023 Since late December, one atmospheric river after another has pummeled drought-stricken California. The huge storms have provided much-needed relief, in terms of the state’s water supplies, but are…

Numerous anti-homeless laws are being passed across the US as funding for social services is widely reduced, raising welfare concerns among advocates for the unhoused. In Missouri, a new state law that took effect on 1 January makes it a crime for any person to sleep on state property. For…

In March 2020, the city of Montreal declared a state of emergency specifically to contain the spread of COVID-19 among the homeless population. Since then, as soon as winter's icy breath blows into the city, officials launch initiatives such as converting hotels into emergency shelters and an unused hospital into an isolation unit, while…

For the past five years, 25-year-old Seth Laub has called the streets home. After seeing his mother experience trauma, he went into foster care. After getting out of the system, he said he had no where to go except the streets. "It's scary, but it's not as scary as some…

By ALTAF QADRI January 2, 2023 GMT NEW DELHI (AP) — When midnight approaches in New Delhi and a freezing fog settles over the Indian capital, thousands of homeless people spread torn mattresses and blankets on the pavements and lie on them to keep warm. Those who can’t afford the…

The corner of York St. and University Ave. in Toronto, where a reported swarming attack left a man dead and eight teenage girls charged with second degree murder.COLE BURSTON /The New York Times News Service One of the eight Toronto girls charged with second-degree murder in the death of a…

A tarpaulin poked through frost-glazed vegetation in a Cork park, the one splash of colour in the frosty white expanse. Icy spider webs stretched across railings and cascaded over bushes, so heavy with frost they looked like Halloween decorations people forgot to take down. The tent’s sole inhabitant thanked two…

The homeless daughter of MLB Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley is facing felony charges after she misled authorities about the location of her abandoned newborn baby in forest surrounding Manchester, New Hampshire. Police say they got a call at about 12:40 a.m. Monday about a woman who had given birth…

Natasha Rocca, left, and Carla Papa serve up meals during the Mezzo Ristorante annual Christmas Day lunch on Sunday, December 25, 2022. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star More than 200 people came through the doors at Mezzo Ristorante on Christmas Day as the Windsor restaurant hosted its annual community…

British PM Rishi Sunak speaks to the media at the Joint Expeditionary Force. — Reuters/File"No, I'm homeless. I'm a homeless person," the man repliedLabour Party leader Angela Rayner called the incident "excruciating" Rishi Sunak is the richest UK Prime Minister LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faced criticism on Saturday for…