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Highway Family (2022) Homeless

Highway Family (2022)

Genres: Drama Running Time: 128 min. Directed by: Lee Sang-moon Starring: Ra Mi-ran, Jung Il-woo Synopsis: A grieving mother is drawn to a homeless family who survive by setting up a tent at highway rest areas and asking for money from people stopping there. Read More
bubmag
November 4, 2022
Cities seek to control camping amid growing homeless crisis Homeless

Cities seek to control camping amid growing homeless crisis

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The tents proliferating on sidewalks in downtown and residential neighborhoods across Portland, Oregon, are fueling a debate that’s playing out in cities nationwide as the homelessness crisis in the U.S. explodes: Should camping be banned anywhere except in sanctioned sites? Republican-led states including Texas and Missouri…
bubmag
November 3, 2022
L.A. City Council Hopeful Traci Park Talks Local Production, Homelessness Crisis and IATSE Support Homeless

L.A. City Council Hopeful Traci Park Talks Local Production, Homelessness Crisis and IATSE Support

The run-up to the midterm elections has hit Hollywood close to home. The industry is split between candidates Rick Caruso and Karen Bass for the office of Los Angeles mayor, and smaller races are being watched just as closely.  One such contest that has many industry types taling is the…
bubmag
November 2, 2022
Councils refusing homeless accommodation to Travellers using criteria ‘with no basis in law’ Homeless

Councils refusing homeless accommodation to Travellers using criteria ‘with no basis in law’

— LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN Ireland are still refusing to provide emergency accommodation to members of the Traveller community on ‘dubious grounds’, despite clear direction on the matter from the Minister for Housing last year, a solicitor who represents Travellers in civil matters has said. Christopher McCann, solicitor with the Traveller Legal…
bubmag
November 1, 2022
Care Courts: California focuses on mental illness to reduce homelessness Homeless

Care Courts: California focuses on mental illness to reduce homelessness

Last month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment Act – an attempt at finding solutions for overlapping crises of homelessness and mental illness.   The law creates Care Courts, civil courts that will allow a broad array of interested parties to petition a judge to order…
bubmag
October 27, 2022