Homeless

A Guatemalan migrant accused of burning a woman to death in a New York City subway train has been indicted on charges of murder and arson, Brooklyn prosecutors announced on Friday (December 27). Sebastian Zapeta, 33, is alleged to have set the woman on fire aboard a stopped F train…

Continued rise in homelessness in the United States driven largely by lack of affordable housing options, experts say. The number of people living in homelessness in the United States has increased by 18 percent over the last year, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) said in a…

Homelessness in the United States is soaring, increasing 18.1 percent in 2024 after a 12 percent increase the year prior. Natural disasters, inadequate options for migrants, and a devastating lack of affordable housing are the primary catalysts.  There are now 770,000 homeless individuals in the United States, according to data…

The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, attributed to a lack of affordable housing, devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reported on Friday in its January 2024 Point-In-Time Count…

News Paula Lindo Friday 27 December 2024 Gibert Corbin stands on the spot where his home once existed, after he lost his home to fire on Christmas Day along Polo Grounds, Preysal in Couva. Several other homes were affected. - Photo by Lincoln Holder POLICE are investigating a fire which…

Skip to Main Content National News California continued to have the nation's largest homeless population, followed by New York, Washington, Florida and Massachusetts. A man walks past a homeless encampment in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File By MICHAEL CASEY, Associated Press December 27,…

LAS VEGAS — Case manager Bryon Johnson flashed a light into a dark tunnel beneath the glitz of the Las Vegas Strip on a recent fall afternoon. He stepped into an opening in a concrete ditch littered with trash and discarded clothing to search an underground world for his homeless…

This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get early access to member-exclusive stories every month, join the Vox Membership program today . Reba Stevens held her breath as she walked up the steps to the apartment, her then-6-month-old son perched on her hip. After 21…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. On a May afternoon, Teresa Stratton sat on her walker near a freeway in Portland, Oregon, talking about how much she wanted to live inside. She missed sleeping…

Interviews by Asia Fields, Nicole Santa Cruz, Ruth Talbot and Maya Miller; design and development by Ruth Talbot; illustration by Matt Rota Dec. 27, 2024 • Updated: Feb. 3, 2025 A record number of Americans are living outside. Cities have responded by removing encampments from public spaces, a practice commonly…