Homeless

Fewer Americans were in homeless shelters at the start of 2021 than at any time since at least 2007, according to early estimates from US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Roughly 326,000 people without a permanent residence were considered “sheltered” homeless in temporary housing such as emergency shelters HUD…

Hacking. Disinformation. Surveillance. CYBER is Motherboard's podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet. A tech firm is offering police a capability to identify and pull up information on people experiencing homeless through facial recognition technology, according to a product brochure reviewed by Motherboard. The company markets the…

“As a very wealthy country, with significant surplus in the federal budget, immediate attention is required for the most vulnerable part of the population living in inadequate housing and living conditions. There is no justification for not massively engaging in the improvement of the situation of all those that face…

The Herb Jamieson shelter in Downtown Edmonton is currently under a COVID-19 outbreak with 54 total cases, nine of them active. Photo by David Bloom /Postmedia, file The majority of Edmonton’s homeless shelters are being hit by COVID-19 outbreaks, currently linked to more than 185 cases. Advertisement This advertisement has…

At least 138 people were left homeless when their homes were flooded during torrential rains in the eMadlangeni and Greater Kokstad local municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday. The provincial co-operative governance and traditional affairs department said on Sunday that a bridge had also collapsed on a road leading to Utrecht.…

Over the past nine years, Ayeasha has lived in four temporary accommodations. Each one has been a stopgap while she and her children await to find a property they can actually call home. Even now, the single mother of three lives in a state of uncertainty – her mental health…

As Los Angeles’s homeless problem escalated, the very part of L.A. government charged with helping the homeless left millions of federal dollars on the table. That is the finding of a U.S. Housing and Urban Development Inspector General report released last month. Maxine Waters, who is the chair of the…

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Publishing date: Feb 04, 2022  •  February 4, 2022  •  4 minute read  •  29 Comments Anatole Rybas froze to death on the streets of Windsor. Photo by Courtesy of Annie and Bruce Toman /Windsor Star As the chill tightened its grip and people passed by paying no attention, Anatole…

The local focus will be identifying and supporting youth ages 12-24 who are experiencing homelessness in Clark County Clark County is one of five new “Anchor Communities” announced today (Feb. 3) by A Way Home Washington (AWHWA). This more than doubles the number of communities working intensively to prevent and…