Homeless

Los Angeles When homeless outreach workers first visited her encampment under a Los Angeles highway overpass last fall, Veronica Perez was skeptical of their offer of not just a bed, but a furnished apartment complete with meals, counseling, and the promise of some stability in her life. “They said they…

Images via Leanna Callendar. A Long Circular family has been forced to relocate after heavy rains on Tuesday caused the retaining wall behind their home to come crashing into the house. Leanna Callendar tells Loop News the three-storey home at Belle Vue sustained damages so severe, it’s now been deemed…

(RNS) — Early on a Friday morning, men and women walk, drive or ride electric scooters to the parking lot of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood. For the past 45 years, they could count on finding the Rev. Tom Lumpkin there, from 8 to 9 every morning…

Washington The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new eviction moratorium that would last until Oct. 3, as the Biden administration sought to quell intensifying criticism from progressives that it was allowing vulnerable renters to lose their homes during a pandemic. The ban, announced Tuesday, could help keep…

COVID-essential workers in the care and services sector are facing a rental affordability crisis, with new figures showing rent on an apartment would cost at least one third of their weekly income across Adelaide. Everybody’s Home, the national campaign against homelessness, cross-referenced SQM rent data with the basic hourly wage…

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Homeless in District Six begins to erect makeshift tents Media reports point to a group of well-known businessmen as allegedly using intimidation tactics against those assisting the homeless in Sea Point. Those who extend a helping hand to the homeless are targeted on social media.Sea Point resident Peter Wagenaar had his…

Updated 1 week ago · Published on 1 Aug 2021 6:50PM · Community activists in a protest against evictions and alleged unfair treatment of tenants in New York on May 10. Millions of Americans could find themselves homeless starting today as a nationwide ban on evictions expires. – EPA pic, August 1,…

Protesters camped again out at the U.S. Capitol on Saturday night, demanding an extension of the federal moratorium on evictions as more than 10 million Americans who are behind on their rent face potential homelessness. The 11-month moratorium was originally introduced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when…

TOKYO —  For the last week, the Olympic flame has been burning atop a wide pedestrian bridge on a scenic stretch of the Tokyo Bay waterfront. Deep into the muggy Tokyo summer night, a steady stream of locals stop to snap photos of the cauldron, one of the rare spots in…