Homeless

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Leslie Lewallen argues regional partners are failing on homelessness, calling ECHO “buying failure,” as Camas adopts a camping ban and amends its code to address public encampments. File photo Camas City Council Member Leslie Lewallen believes her city deserves more help from regional partners to address the perceived ‘housing gaps’…

Last year, more than 42,000 people in the U.S. over age 65 were homeless, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Last year, more than 42,000 people in the U.S. over 65 were homeless, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Emerging Crisis of Aged Homelessness…

White House Transportation secretary says the goal is to reduce homelessness and ‘dirty’ conditions Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stands near a NextGen Amtrak Acela train during his news conference at Union Station in Washington on Wednesday. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Posted August 27, 2025 at 4:41pm Facebook Twitter Email Reddit Transportation…

‘Heartbreaking’: Renovated Kāinga Ora house in ‘prime’ location empty for almost 18 monthsRead More

A sign saying "Home Sweet Tent" is written on a piece of Styrofoam that lays on the ground before Regina police issued a warning to clear a makeshift encampment at a private empty lot next to Carmichael Outreach on June 17, 2025. Photo by KAYLE NEIS /Regina Leader-Post Article content…

Victoria Adams, 37, was murdered inside her west London flat by a homeless man she had invited to stay just three days earlier. She suffered fatal head injuries after being struck with a mallet multiple times. The man, 39-year-old Apapale Adoum, has pleaded guilty to her murder and awaits sentencing.…

Over 100 houses were demolished on Monday in the predominantly Roma-ethnic Lozenets district of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, in what authorities described as an operation against illegally-built housing.  The demolition affected all homes in the area, from small dwellings to three-storey houses. Some residents said they had nowhere to go, and…

Council to Homeless Persons Council to Homeless Persons (CHP) has urged Premier Jacinta Allan and Opposition Leader Brad Battin to back a bill to make housing a human right in Victoria. The Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Amendment (Right to Housing) Bill 2025 is set to be voted on…

Key Points Of the 78,092 children to access specialist homelessness services in 2023-24, 13,301 of them were unaccompanied. Statistics on unaccompanied homeless children in Australia have not previously been isolated and reported. Advocates want a national action plan focusing on identifying children at risk of exiting the home. New figures…