Homeless

It seems only fitting that a year like 2024 should end with one last bleak milestone. Late last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released the top line numbers from its annual “point-in-time” homeless count, conducted on a single night last January. The headline makes for grim…

Rough sleepers feel the effects of poor weather more acutely than others (Picture: Anadolu) With freezing temperatures expected over the next few days people living on the street could be at risk. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued alerts for several areas including the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the…

Wednesday 01 January 2025 - 16:06pm Over 950 people were left homeless after a fire broke out at the Kayamandi Informal Settlement in Stellenbosch. STELLENBOSCH - Over 150 people were left homeless after a fire broke out at the Kayamandi Informal Settlement in Stellenbosch. While firefighters extinguished the blaze, over…

Mayotte families left homeless by cyclone leave shelters By Abby SAID ADINANI Mamoudzou (AFP) Jan 1, 2025 Two weeks after a devastating cyclone hit the French Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, the atmosphere at Le Manguier school in the capital Mamoudzou is tinged with sadness and resignation. At this time…

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Connie Raynor-Elliott 'has worked tirelessly to address the complex challenges of addiction, homelessness, and social vulnerability in Sault Ste. Marie' Connie Raynor-Elliott is the recipient of the city's 2024 Medal of Merit. "Connie has worked tirelessly to address the complex challenges of addiction, homelessness, and social vulnerability in Sault Ste.…

With more people than ever sleeping rough, homeless shelters have resorted to putting out mats and plastic chairs for spaces to sleep. Published Dec 31, 2024  •  Last updated Dec 31, 2024  •  3 minute read A homeless man sits on Bank Street in Ottawa, Nov. 12, 2024. Photo by…

Last July, an unusual letter arrived at Kathryn Kundmueller’s mobile home, in central Oregon. It invited her to enter a lottery that would select thirty residents of Deschutes County to deliberate for five days on youth homelessness—a visible and contentious issue in an area where the population and cost of…

Andrew Boozary is a primary care physician, policy practitioner, researcher and founding executive director of the Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine at the University Health Network. He holds the Dalla Lana Professorship in Policy Innovation at the University of Toronto. Every week, I listen to patients trying to survive in…

Tribune Online Despite N11trn contribution to GDP, high building materials costs heighten housing shortage in 2024 DESPITE the combined real estate and construction sectors contributing an impressive N11 trillion to the country’s GDP, high costs of building materials have heightened homelessness among Nigerians in 2024. Due to inflated costs of…