Homeless

Residents and protesters in Los Angeles, California confronted law enforcement officers violently evicting homeless and housing-insecure families from state-owned houses at night on November 25 and 26. The families, members of a local housing activist group, argued that they were using the homes to “shelter in place” as Covid-19 cases…

A homeless shelter on Chicago’s West Side is grappling with an outbreak of COVID-19 cases, prompting concerns from advocates and organizations as the coronavirus surges nationwide. The Franciscan Outreach shelter, 2715 W. Harrison St. in Lawndale, had 55 of its 140 guests test positive for the virus last week, according…

JOHANNESBURG - A hailstorm has left many Seshego residents in Polokwane homeless. The local municipality has availed the town hall to provide temporary shelter to displaced families.  READ: Hout Bay fire leaves hundreds of people homeless The freak weather saw golf-ball-sized hail smashing through roofs, car windows and infrastructure in the area.…

TORONTO -- In October, the story of a Toronto carpenter who was building tiny portable shelters for people living on the streets to have a warmer, safer place to stay than in a tent, warmed hearts across Canada. But last week, Khaleel Seivwright received an email from the city telling…

BillionBricks, a Singapore-based innovation studio founded by Anurag Srivastava and Prasoon Kumar, is aiming to build the world’s first community powered by solar energy in the Philippines by 2022, where the less privileged can own and finance their own homes.Read More

As India celebrated its 74th Independence day of August 15, Bollywood stars took to social media to wish their fans on a special day. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan too shared warm wishes for his countrymen but it was a tweet about one Robinhood Army that stood out. Bachchan gave a shout…

TORONTO — Two groups traded barbs at opposing protests in Toronto on Saturday morning, bringing to a head a simmering dispute over buildings in the midtown neighbourhood that have been repurposed to house the homeless. TORONTO — Two groups traded barbs at opposing protests in Toronto on Saturday morning, bringing…

Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly. For a better experience use Google Chrome, Firefox or Microsoft Edge. A homeless man whose body was found near the entrance to a car park…

While many programs and initiatives have been implemented to address the prevalence of substance abuse among homeless youth in the United States, they don't always include data-driven insights about environmental and psychological factors that could contribute to an individual's likelihood of developing a substance use disorder. Now, an artificial intelligence…

A homeless man lapped it up in a luxury suite in a sports stadium before he was discovered and ultimately arrested.Daniel Albert Neja, a 39-year-old man in St. Petersburg, Florida, was living in the Al Lang Stadium, home of the soccer team, Tampa Bay Rowdies. With sports on hiatus due…