Homeless

The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection will launch a national street families census in the next two weeks in an effort to understand the current scale of homelessness across Kenya. The Street Families Rehabilitation Trust will lead the three-day exercise in all 47 counties, starting on June 29th. Officials…

The grant will come from a pool of $200,000 and eligibility details will be decided in the next few weeks. Published Jun 12, 2025  •  Last updated Jun 13, 2025  •  2 minute read The front of City Hall in Regina on Thursday, September 26, 2024. Photo by Heywood Yu…

Long-term tenants will be "incredibly vulnerable” to homelessness after the Government reforms Rent Pressure Zones, a housing expert has warned.  Earlier this week, Ministers announced that Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs) would be extended across the country - meaning a tenant’s rent cannot be increased by more than the rate of…

Oilers owner had filed $5M lawsuit over funding for inner-city drop-in centre Get the latest from Jonny Wakefield straight to your inbox Published Jun 11, 2025  •  Last updated Jun 11, 2025  •  4 minute read A file photo of the since demolished Boyle Street Community Services building on 105…

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Street Roots. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. As the city of Portland, Oregon, clawed its way out of the pandemic, it faced a new set of crises:…

While most people picture urban centres like Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver when they think of homelessness, rural areas like New Brunswick’s Acadian Peninsula are also seeing an increase. Cédric Landry, development director for the Acadian Peninsula Regional Service Commission, says his organization has been made aware of more requests for…

Pebetsi Matlaila, a former Skeem Saam actress, joined the growing number of local artists who are having difficulty in the entertainment industry in March. Matlaila is one of the few people who has publicly disclosed that she was homeless and living in a shelter in addition to having financial difficulties.…

"In the past we've had people showering at 6:30 in the morning when our sprinklers come on, and we're better than that in Saskatoon." Published Jun 10, 2025  •  Last updated Jun 10, 2025  •  3 minute read A shower trailer and a cooling and warming station are being set…

A Toronto man who has lived in the same High Park apartment for decades says he now fears for his livelihood after being denied permission to appeal his eviction to Ontario’s top court. Andras Henye, who is disabled, partially blind and dealing with declining health, has lived in the same…

N avi Mumbai: A 60-year-old homeless man was bludgeoned to death, his head smashed with a stone while he was sleeping on the pavement under a bridge at Belapur, around 4 am on Sunday. The man accused of the crime was intoxicated, informed the police. A mob of local slum…