Homeless

TWO days before the country marks Fire Prevention Month, an unattended candle caused a fire in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City, leaving 70 families, some 200 individuals, homeless and causing an estimated P1.2 million in damage.   The blaze, which erupted in Sitio San Vicente Ferrer Thursday evening, Feb. 27, 2025,…

International Network of Street Papers secures funds to launch new journalistic training programme aimed at people who have experienced homelessness and poverty Glasgow-based charity, the International Network of Street Papers (insp.ngo), is seeking participants for a new exciting journalistic training programme aimed at redressing the narrative on homelessness and poverty.…

A Palestinian family who fled the war in Gaza are sleeping in a car in Dublin after three council areas rejected their appeal for emergency homeless accommodation. Haneen Alkahlout and her two children, two-year-old Nouralaen and nine-month-old Sarah, joined their husband and father Hazem Malaka here on 9 February on…

ALTADENA, Calif. — As flames engulfed a nearby canyon, dozens of residents in a sober-living home fled to an unoccupied building about 30 miles south. The evacuees, many of whom were previously homeless, watched helplessly as their home burned on live TV. When they awoke on air mattresses the next…

"I am an individual who is deeply concerned with the inequities as we all are, but ill equipped to solve any of them," Tom Waits explained. Tom Waits performing for RAI3's 'The Human Factor'. Luigi Montebello and Davide Rinaldi Tom Waits has added his talents to the final episode of…

by February 25, 2025 Photo Fire ravages homes on Ladd Lane, adjoining Fleet Street in downtown Kingston. Some of the devastation brought by the blaze. This resident tries to help subdue the fire which left several families without a roof over their heads. Firefighters on the scene. A candle believed…

The Trump administration wants massive staff cuts at the federal housing agency. Employees and others say they could end up making record-high homelessness even worse. AILSA CHANG, HOST: All right. And now to the Trump administration's government efficiency team, or DOGE, which wants to see massive layoffs at the federal…

Council for the Homeless CEO Sesany Fennie Jones shares her thoughts on the role rent stabilization can have on homelessness Sesany Fennie Jones, chief executive officer Council for the Homeless A challenge as complex  as solving homelessness requires engagement across all sectors of our community and implementation of multiple strategies.…

By Spooky on February 24th, 2025 Category: News A Frenchman appealed to the homeless thieves who stole his credit card to buy a jackpot-winning scratch lottery ticket, offering to split the €500,000 jackpot with them. They say every misfortune can be a blessing in disguise, and that certainly seems to…

When a homeless kid shouted, “Don’t eat that!”, no one expected what would happen next. The Park Cafe was a magnet for the city’s elite, tucked between rows of manicured trees and the hum of a nearby fountain. It was midday, and the cafe buzzed with life. Waiters in crisp…