Homeless

For Sebatsane, the shutdown is not just a symbolic stand; it’s deeply personal.  At the age of 12, he witnessed his stepfather abuse his mother. “From that day, I decided as a young man to step up and take my stepfather’s things out of the house. I kicked him out…

News Laurel V Williams 2 Days Ago Sita Sammy walks through the ruins of her family's Manuel Junction, Guaracara, Tabaquite home, which was gutted by fire on November 18. - Photo by Innis Francis A prison officer and three elderly female relatives are now homeless after a fire destroyed their…

Grand Chief Leo Friday has urged the provincial and federal governments to take action TIMMINS - Mushkegowuk Council has declared a state of emergency in response to rising homelessness, limited shelter space and a lack of mental health and addictions supports across the region. In a Nov. 17 statement, Grand Chief…

Wednesday 19 November 2025 - 13:00pm JOHANNESBURG - As preparations ramp up for the G20 Summit, homeless communities in Gauteng are being forced off the streets with nowhere to go. Shelters say no plans have been made to accommodate the growing numbers. The Social Development Department, however, says there are…

Can one truly rebuild life off the streets? Is it physically possible to end poverty and homelessness? Is there still hope for those suffering from drug addiction and alcoholism? Campus for Hope in Las Vegas is certainly going to try.  On July 17, 2025, officials broke ground on the Campus for…

Article content “The vast majority of evictions that come before the Landlord and Tenant Board have a solution to them, and this bill has effectively decided that some of the stopgaps that the Residential Tenancies Act has to ensure eviction is preventable will no longer be available,” said Sarah Sproule,…

More than 200 Mpumalanga students sent to Russia to study medicine, engineering and aviation have been left hungry, homeless and humiliated by a R63-million bursary scheme that collapsed under greed and incompetence. Over the past nine years, the provincial government has poured millions into a programme meant to build the…

Members of the Life After Fifty club are shown on November 12, 2025 with knitted items they created for clients at the Homelessness and Housing Help Hub. Members knitted hats, gloves and blankets for clients at the H4. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star Article content Less fortunate Windsorites will…

Article content Additional funds would be allocated as follows: $500,000 for warming centres, $500,000 into the city’s Community Investment Grant Program, and $200,000 to the Heritage Community Association for a pilot employment project. Article content Delegate Judith Langen of Namerind Housing Corporation watches an executive committee meeting at Henry Baker Hall regarding a review of the city’s current homeless encampment…

Some of Johannesburg’s inner-city homeless are in limbo as the City has been clearing them from the streets ahead of the G20 Summit – without a plan for where they should go...Read More