Homeless

Erika Ritchie, Saskatchewan NDP shadow minister for municipal affairs (left) and April ChiefCalf, Saskatchewan NDP shadow minister for housing, addressed new and historic data on homelessness and rising property taxes on Nov. 28. Photo by Michelle Berg /Saskatoon StarPhoenix Article content The Sask Party’s official opposition is concerned about homeless…

States sue the Trump administration over major homelessness spending cuts States are suing the Trump administration over its plan to massively cut back long-term housing for homeless people. Advocates say the changes could push more than 100,000 residents onto the streets. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: A new lawsuit alleges the Trump…

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Women and children are trapped between the housing crisis and “shocking levels of domestic abuse, sexual violence, exploitation and control against women in Ireland,” according to a new report. The Joining the Dots report, published today by the National Women’s Council (NWC), found that there are situations where “women must…

An indictment filed in a Texas federal court accuses Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20, of planning to recruit an army of homeless people, buy a sailboat and seize power on Gonave Island, an island off the coast of Haiti with a population of about 87,000 residents.…

Family stories can stay with us long after the moments have passed. Some people grow up with support, while others grow up learning to survive on their own. The past can show up again when we think we’ve moved far beyond it. What seems simple on the outside can feel incredibly heavy beneath the surface. Talia’s letter: Yeah my…

A devastating late-night inferno has reduced a six-room apartment worth over N40 million to rubble in Nchoko, Ndechi community of Izzi Local Government Area, Ebonyi State, leaving a widower, Mr. Michael Emeliike, and his children homeless and in shock. The fire, which erupted around 10 p.m. on November 3, struck…

Abia Pensioners’ Forum, a pressure group under the Nigeria Union of Pensioners in Abia State, has lamented the continued delay in the payment of gratuities and pension arrears for retirees in the state, saying that some pensioners have died, fallen sick, or become homeless because of the situation. The group…

This past April, social media users shared a video that was said to show a homeless man brutally beating his dog in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Within days, the dog’s owner, Chris McMurtry, began receiving threats from animal-lovers. Some commenters on the local Nextdoor platform suggested that someone should offer…

Scores of homes rebuilt in central Albania following the earthquake in the Adriatic Sea on November 26, 2019 remain empty due to an apparent lack of interest in them by the former inhabitants as well as delays in completing basic infrastructure. The magnitude 6.4 earthquake, which left 52 people dead…