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From housing rights to homelessness: New bill reverses constitutional gains Homeless

From housing rights to homelessness: New bill reverses constitutional gains

Opinion warns new Bill lets courts evict families without alternatives, undoing constitutional protections for 3.7 million homeless households. South Africa has roughly 3.7 million families without housing, a number growing by 178 000 every year. The government has published a Bill that makes it a criminal offence to organise poor…
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May 12, 2026
Nolte: Spencer Pratt Says Homeless Camps Get 3-Week Warning Before Sweeps Begin Homeless

Nolte: Spencer Pratt Says Homeless Camps Get 3-Week Warning Before Sweeps Begin

Andy Kropa/Invision/AP Los Angeles Republican mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt says he plans to give homeless camps three-weeks’ notice before the handcuffs come out. “Once you start putting handcuffs on people, watch how many people leave,” Pratt told the All-in Podcast. “If you let everyone do drugs and do whatever they…
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May 11, 2026
Local & Homeless: Coweta First Responders See It First — But Can’t Solve It Alone Homeless

Local & Homeless: Coweta First Responders See It First — But Can’t Solve It Alone

When someone calls 911 about a person sleeping behind a business, sitting for hours on a park bench, or wandering in distress, the response in Coweta County usually begins the same way: a police officer arrives. What happens next depends less on enforcement — and more on connection. “It’s not…
bubmag
May 11, 2026
A man spent 27 hours bleeding to death outside an Edmonton homeless shelter. His killer has been sentenced to life with no parole for 13 years Homeless

A man spent 27 hours bleeding to death outside an Edmonton homeless shelter. His killer has been sentenced to life with no parole for 13 years

Gerald Bakewell holds a childhood photo of his son Shane outside the Edmonton courthouse on May 8, 2026. Shane Bakewell was fatally shot Jan. 1, 2023 near an Edmonton homeless shelter. His killer, Harrison Belanger, was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 13 years. Postmedia…
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May 8, 2026