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A day after Mayor Eric Adams said he would oppose an effort to reduce homelessness by increasing the number of housing vouchers, his top housing official said she would step down. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can…

The money is in addition to $48 million in funding for Ottawa through Ontario's Homelessness Prevention Program. Published May 24, 2023  •  Last updated 2 hours ago  •  2 minute read Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe said the visit of Housing Minister Steve Clark, left, to announce $24.1 million in funding to…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s mayor asked a judge on Tuesday to let the city suspend its long-standing “right to shelter” obligation, saying officials are no longer able to house every homeless person because of the arrival of tens of thousands of international migrants. The right to shelter has…

Ottawa's Community Services Committee outlines spending plans for $48 million in provincial money earmarked for homelessness. Published May 23, 2023  •  Last updated 1 hour ago  •  2 minute read OTTAWA - Feb 1, 2023 - Ottawa city councillor Ariel Troster during the presentation of the new city budget for 2023…

Driving down Wisconsin Avenue, one of the main arteries in Washington, D.C., I took note of a homeless man on the median strip. His sign, asking for help, in block letters, included a way to send him money via Venmo. I confess I was taken aback—something about the introduction of…

Sydney’s housing crisis is ­driving a wave of “working homeless” – residents who can’t find or afford a home despite holding a job – with the situation so bad an encampment of tents and car-sleepers has emerged in the heart of Anthony Albanese’s inner-west electorate.  A man has been shot…

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Former Representative Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican, is taking top House Republican Elise Stefanik to task for spreading a story about migrants that was recently shown to be a hoax. Stefanik, the representative for New York's 21st Congressional District and third highest-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives, shared a…

Using doctored receipts and offering cash payments, a N.Y. nonprofit duped lawmakers and conservative media into ginning up anti-immigrant outrage A scandalous claim that homeless veterans being housed in an upstate New York hotel were evicted to make room for undocumented migrants turned out to be an orchestrated fraud —…

“Homeless vets are being booted from NY hotels to make room for migrants: advocates,” a New York Post headline from last week read. “New York Hotels Evicting Homeless Veterans to House Migrants,” Newsweek said days later, joining in the outrage. “As many as 20 homeless veterans were booted from hotels…