Homeless

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that the state has procured 15,000 hotel rooms to house the homeless during the Covid-19 pandemic.Mario Tama/Getty Images Some cities are housing homeless people in hotels. But a long-term solution is sorely needed. In early March, as Covid-19 cases began to surface across the country,…

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Two felons who broke out of a maximum-security Wisconsin prison showed up at a center for the homeless more than 100 miles away in Illinois, where they were recognized and captured, authorities said Friday.The founder of Miss Carly's homeless services center in Rockford quickly identified the men, James Newman, 37,…

A new report by economists at Hiring Lab found that job postings by hospitality and tourism companies on Indeed.com are down 63% compared to the same time period last year. While US job postings have declined overall, the travel industry has been hit particularly hard due to stay-at-home orders and social…

Photograph: John Locher/APIn early March, Las Vegas, a city with more than 147,000 hotel rooms, had homeless people sleep on the ground in a parking lot after a local shelter temporarily closed because of coronavirus. Photographs of homeless people lying on the concrete in marked-off squares, with the empty hotels…

In the early morning hours of April 4 in a Brooklyn homeless shelter, a man in his 50s named Gerald began to violently thrash in his bed. He banged his head against the nearby locker, and the sound of skull on metal woke up the room’s seven other occupants. Anthony…

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. San Francisco lawmakers just ordered that the city secure more than 8,000 hotel rooms for the city’s homeless population to better protect them from the coronavirus pandemic. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors — which has repeatedly…

Tens of thousands of people living without a home in New York City — an often-ignored and particularly vulnerable population — face even greater uncertainty amid the spread of COVID-19 as homeless service providers must adapt to social distancing and face growing strain.There were 57,842 children and adults in shelters…

A previous version of this report misspelled Ian Wace’s name. The story has been corrected.When Steven Tozer, founder of the upmarket London kebab chain Le Bab, realized the spreading coronavirus would close his restaurants, he felt “a weird sense of helplessness and a strong sense of responsibility.” He decided to…

LOS ANGELES — In most major American cities, residents have been told to stay home and avoid unnecessary contact with others to slow the spread of coronavirus. But California has by far the largest homeless population in the United States, and while state and local jurisdictions have taken certain measures…