Homeless

With the floodwaters in western and coastal Maharashtra gradually draining out after a week, the toll climbed up to 213 on Wednesday, with 53,295 people rendered homeless and living in 349 relief camps, the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) said. At least 8 people are still reported missing, and 52…

news, latest-news, Canberrans are being asked to donate unwanted camping gear to the homeless. Homeless Care Packs is using the items in care packages. They are looking for sleeping bags, tracksuit pants, tents and swags. Founder Ammie Barrett said she has noticed a rise in rough sleepers since last year.…

TORONTO -- Five city councillors are calling on the mayor to prevent any “extreme show of force” by the city when homeless encampments are dismantled after violent scuffles broke out between protesters and police earlier this week. The letter, signed by councillors Shelley Carroll, Mike Layton, Josh Matlow, Gordon Perks…

Los Angeles It is nearly noon, and a Los Angeles sanitation crew is wrapping up dismantling the home of Jack Rivers. A yellow-vested worker rakes the narrow strip of dirt where the veteran’s tarp-covered dwelling once stood – part of a highly controversial homeless encampment of about 200 people jammed…

The Least Among Us: The Lives of Homeless Women in Springfield, Illinois, a new book by James Traveler, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. In The Least Among Us, James Traveler shares the stories of six homeless women in order "to inject compassion into the numb consciences of…

At least a third of migrant families separated at the border during the Trump administration and reunited in the U.S. so far under President Biden were homeless initially, three people familiar with estimates discussed by advocates and government officials told Axios. Why it matters: As the number of reunions grows,…

New Zealand|Politics 21 Jul, 2021 06:41 AM4 minutes to read The Boulevard Motel on Fenton St. Photo / Andrew Warner Government landlord Kāinga Ora has paid $8.1m for a Rotorua motel unit to house homeless people, nearly double its capital value (CV), raising the eyebrows of local real estate agents.…

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Author of the article: Reader Letters WINDSOR, ONTARIO. MARCH 11, 2021 - A man sleeps on a bench near City Hall Square on Thursday, March 11, 2021. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star Article content Re: Reader letter: Approach…

Aljamain Sterling has continued to take aim at Petr Yan, this time criticising his actions outside the Octagon. Before their title fight at UFC 259 in which Yan was disqualified for landing an illegal knee, things were already personal between the two top bantamweights. The fight only made their rivalry…

Author of the article: Anne Jarvis A man sleeps in a park near City Hall Square on Thursday, March 11, 2021. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star It’s difficult to imagine the stories that emerged when Windsor opened emergency homeless shelters at the aquatic centre and Water World during the…