Homeless

On March 10, 59-year-old Ace Lovell became homeless for the first time in his life. Days later, his city shut down. Vancouver’s libraries closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, cutting off many low-income and houseless people from a valuable refuge and internet source. And as libraries, businesses and drop-in centres…

Susan Tompor Detroit Free PressPublished 2:39 PM EDT Jun 4, 2020The coronavirus relief money, which began rolling out in April, has been sent to 159 million Americans, according to the Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday.The payouts totaled almost $267 billion. The IRS noted that 120 million Economic Impact Payments were sent…

By Amanda Yeo2020-06-04 07:23:07 UTC Minneapolis father George Floyd died on May 25 after a white police officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes, ignoring his protests that he couldn't breathe. However, as Patriot Act host Hasan Minhaj pointed out in a digital clip on Wednesday, that wasn't…

On the night of May 20, Papia Lahiri couldn’t keep Super Cyclone Amphan out of her living room. Water poured in through the edges of closed windows into her apartment, located on the second floor of an aging duplex. With no one around to help, she grabbed a bucket and…

Elderly residents at a boutique hotel on New York City's Upper West Side are voicing concerns over the city moving homeless people into their building amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, saying the city is placing an already-vulnerable population at higher risk. Yet, city officials say moving the homeless into designated…

With lockdown restriction easing in some countries like Spain and Italy, restaurants, parks and churches are putting in place creative solutions to ensure social distancing continues. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption People sit in circles designed to encourage social distancing as they relax in Domino Park along the East…

San Francisco's first temporary sanctioned tent encampment for the homeless on May 18. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images San Francisco has opened a temporary sanctioned tent encampment for members of its homeless population during the COVID-19 public health crisis.The program provides a controlled environment for homeless residents to pitch their tents and…

SRINAGAR, India — Insurgents and Indian security forces ambushed each other nearly every day this week in the disputed territory of Kashmir, despite calls for a ceasefire during the pandemic. On Tuesday, a fierce gunfight erupted in Srinagar, Kashmir’s capital city, where police killed a top commander of Hizbul Mujahideen,…

Mitch Pittman/Amazon Amazon opened Washington state's largest family shelter in March.The shelter occupies eight floors at the company's Seattle headquarters. It's large enough to allow social distancing among homeless guests. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The timing couldn't have been better: Just as Seattle was grappling with a severe…

(SAN FRANCISCO) — San Francisco is joining other U.S. cities in authorizing homeless tent encampments in response to the coronavirus pandemic, a move officials have long resisted but are now reluctantly embracing to safeguard homeless people. About 80 tents are now neatly spaced out on a wide street near San…