Homeless

20-bed facility to help care for homeless people after a hospital presentation or admissionFocusing on homeless patients across the Perth metropolitan areaA key deliverable of the Sustainable Health ReviewThe McGowan Government has today announced the State’s first Medical Respite Centre – setting a new benchmark for providing medical care and…

A woman was caught on video forcing her young, screaming son into the trunk of a car, before taking off and being nowhere to be found. Chelsea Trujillo, 33, allegedly shoved her five-year-old son into the rear end of a Chevrolet Malibu despite a bystander repeating ordering her to stop.…

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Thursday said it was launching a widespread probe into the police force in Phoenix to examine whether officers have been using excessive force and abusing people experiencing homelessness. The investigation into the City of Phoenix and the Phoenix Police Department is the third sweeping…

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday that the Justice Department is investigating the city of Phoenix, Arizona, and its police department over charges of excessive use of force and abuse of the homeless. The department wants to find out whether the Phoenix Police Department is engaging in discriminatory policing, retaliating…

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…

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. With an increase in homelessness throughout the city, this could become a key issue in the election, still more than three months away. Author of the article: Jason Magder  •  Montreal Gazette "I believe I have a uniquely informed…