Dallas Police turn attention to help Dallas Heritage Village and neighbors
On Friday, Dallas Police are scheduled to begin placing notices to vacate at the homeless encampment known as Tent Village. This action is in response to the neighborhoods of The Cedars and Farmer’s...
View ArticleSkeptics slam mayor’s homeless plan
Skeptics expressed concern Monday morning about a pilot program to find housing for 75 homeless people now living in tent encampments along viaducts beneath Lake Shore Drive on the North Side. They...
View ArticleDallas Tent City shutdown continues but nearly 100 remain
A third section of Tent City closed Friday morning as city leaders continued to plan how the final shutdown of the sprawling homeless encampment under Interstate 45 will be handled next week.Related...
View ArticleHomeless forced to vacate part of Civic Center Monday
SANTA ANA – More than 100 homeless people at a crowded encampment at the Civic Center will be forced to leave Monday morning when the county fences off an area for construction. The work is designed to...
View ArticleESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO ANNOUNCES OPENING OF EXPANDED SAVANNA CAFÉ...
(Source: Essex County, NJ) West Orange, NJ - Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. officially opened the new Savanna Café and an enhanced Bison Exhibit at Essex County Turtle Back Zoo on...
View ArticleCampus Construction Update for May 8-14 (University of Wyoming)
(Source: University of Wyoming) May 6, 2016 - These are among the construction activities scheduled May 8-14 at the University of Wyoming: Campus (UW Operations Plumbing Shop, May 2016) -- Crews will...
View ArticleCivic Center EATS expands to three days of food trucks
The lineup includes 79 diverse food vendors — barbecue, falafel, burgers and more Large crowds enjoy delicious food from a variety of food trucks at Civic Center Park on the first day of the 11th...
View ArticleHow Starbucks Got Tangled Up In LA's Homelessness Crisis
i A Starbucks coffee in Santa Monica, Calif. With no other place to go, many of Los Angeles' homeless end up at the chain's outlets — to the consternation of some employees. Denise Taylor/Moment...
View ArticleBoard to consider taxing millionaires to fight homelessness in LA County
As homelessness continues to rise, two Los Angeles County supervisors want a potential ballot measure that could tax wealthy income earners to help combat the problem. Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas...
View ArticleThere's Been a Huge Increase in "Visible" Homelessness in L.A.
Those homeless encampments you see everywhere aren't lying. Homelessness continued to rise in Los Angeles County this year, according the latest Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) count of...
View ArticleHawaii allocates $12M to tackle homelessness crisis
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers set aside more money to tackle the highest rate of homelessness in the nation — a crisis that has left families with children living on...
View ArticleHundreds of Miami-Dade homeless face loss of beds with cuts in federal aid
An unexpected loss of federal funding has Miami-Dade scrambling to find money to keep hundreds of homeless people in beds this week, with a top agency official warning of a “devastating...
View ArticleFinal eviction day arrives for handful of homeless still at Tent City
People dragged tents, shopping carts crammed with belongings and suitcases from Tent City early Tuesday. Social workers fanned out across the sprawling homeless encampment under...
View ArticleHUD must pony up for Miami homeless
Miami-Dade’s homeless community is on the brink of a crisis of such proportions that even Ron Book, the head of the county’s Homeless Trust, says he’s shaken to the core. Miami-Dade scored shockingly...
View ArticleRawlings to announce Dallas Commission on Homelessness today, a week after...
Mayor Mike Rawlings is expected to announce Monday the formation of the Dallas Commission on Homelessness in the wake of the closure of Dallas’ largest homeless encampment last week. Related Dallas’...
View ArticleDomestic-violence shelters warn of ‘devastating’ evictions over lost...
A leading shelter for female victims of domestic violence pleaded with Miami-Dade officials over the weekend not to force more than 60 women and 200 children to find somewhere else to live amid a...
View ArticleDomestic-violence shelters warn of “devastating” evictions over lost...
A leading shelter for female victims of domestic violence pleaded with Miami-Dade officials over the weekend not to force more than 60 women and 200 children to find somewhere else to live amid a...
View Article2016 Homeless Count Results PDF May 4, 2016 (LAHSA - Los Angeles Homeless...
(Source: LAHSA - Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority) 103b0178-23f3-4a71-a201-e907c9533e2a.pdf MEDIA CONTACT: Naomi Goldman (310) 770-2765 naomi@nlgcommunications.com 2016 Greater Los Angeles...
View ArticleCity to evict day laborers, homeless who made homes under Rt. 21 bridge
About a dozen men who live under the bridge work as day laborers, waiting for sporadic construction work at a nearby Home Depot. CLIFTON -- The makeshift settlement under the Route 21 bridge near the...
View ArticleRagland: Can we sweep the homeless out of downtown Dallas and maintain our...
There’s no doubt that the notion of resettling the city’s homeless population into a camp about a dozen miles away from downtown Dallas will strike some the wrong way.Related Ragland: How do you help...
View ArticleWe can't slow L.A.'s growing homeless crisis unless we know why it's happening
Ayear after a jarring 12% increase in homelessness in Los Angeles County delivered an emergency wake-up call to city and county officials...
View ArticleCity leaders urge ‘immediate’ action amid San Fernando Valley spike in...
Los Angeles City councilmembers are scrambling to secure funding and other resources to tackle a 35 percent hike in the number of homeless people in the San Fernando Valley. The Valley’s homeless...
View ArticleCan Parking Lots Become a Safe Haven for L.A.'s Homeless?
Nathan Allen, 65, poses for a portrait in front of the motorhome where he sleeps in an encampment near LAX airport in Los Angeles. (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson) At night, many of Los Angeles’s parking lots...
View ArticleMetroLink Access Changes as Civic Center Transit Center Construction Begins...
(Source: Metro - Bi-State Development Agency) The Civic Center MetroLink Station in downtown St. Louis will remain open as construction gets underway to expand what is one of Metro's busiest transit...
View ArticleOld naval base near Grand Prairie may be repurposed for homeless Tent City...
Related Dallas Tent City shutdown continues but nearly 100 remainTent City residents head to other homeless camps as shutdown continuesDallas wants to send hundreds of homeless in Tent City packing,...
View ArticleAbout 100 homeless at Santa Ana Civic Center are relocated for major public...
SANTA ANA – Rene Barajas received a wake-up call Monday morning unlike any other he’s experienced while living in a grassy area at the Civic Center along with other homeless people. The unmistakable...
View ArticleCity of Oakland Awarded Federal Funding to Allay Homelessness – Especially...
(Source: City of Oakland, CA) Microsoft Word - 5-11-16 Release - Oakland Receives HUD Funding to allay homelessnessfinal.doc Media Contact: Dana Perez Human Services Department 510-238-3247...
View ArticleLA needs jobs, not tax hikes, to fight poverty, homelessness: Susan Shelley
In 2007, about a year before the economy crashed, the Gallup Poll found that 28 percent of Americans had at some point worried about becoming homeless. It’s worse today. A new UCLA study found 31...
View ArticleLane County releases annual Homeless Point-in-Time Count numbers for 2016...
(Source: Lane County, OR) On Wednesday, January 27, Lane County Human Services, the anti-poverty program for Lane County, along with community partners, conducted a one-night count of people who are...
View ArticleOrange County Unveils FY 2016-17 Recommended Budget (Orange County, CA)
(Source: Orange County, CA) Microsoft Word - PR050916 OC Recommended Budget.doc FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 9, 2016 Contact: Jean Pasco (714) 834-7218 jean.pasco@ocgov.com Orange County Unveils FY...
View ArticleSan Francisco homeless camp swept from Cesar Chavez Street
The large homeless camp in San Francisco was dismantled Tuesday morning on Cesar Chavez Street around Highway 101, scattering about 100 street people into shelters and nearby neighborhoods — leaving,...
View ArticleCity demolishing parts of Raleigh mall it already owns
The City of Memphis has started demolishing the parts of Raleigh Springs Mall it already owns to make room for a $28 million civic redevelopment. "The demolition was just to show that this project is...
View ArticleCampus Construction Update for May 15-21 (University of Wyoming)
(Source: University of Wyoming) May 13, 2016 - These are among the construction activities scheduled May 15-21 at the University of Wyoming: East Campus -- East Campus switch cleaning will be May 21...
View ArticleExercise classes in Civic Center and other cheap and free things to do in the...
Other deals in Denver: Curious Theatre Company's Teen Night, free bowling, Civic Center MOVES Scott St. John of Pearl St. Fitness leads a class at Civic Center MOVES. (Photo provided by Pearl St. Fit)...
View ArticleTent City closed, so where do Dallas’ homeless go from here?
Hundreds of people live in unlikely places in Dallas. Tucked in nooks under bridges. On cardboard pallets behind bushes along running trails. In tent villages under highway overpasses.Related Rawlings...
View ArticleSPCA starts work on $14.9 West Seneca center
With a ground breaking set for Monday morning, the SPCA Serving Erie County has retained Concept Construction Corp. to serve as construction manager of its new West Seneca facility. Work on the...
View ArticleCity targets homeless outreach
On any given day about 700 people are living unsheltered in the streets, train stations or covered alcoves of Philadelphia. Most stake out space in four Center City locations where the city now wants...
View ArticleNational Infrastructure Week Highlights VTA Commitment (VTA - Santa Clara...
(Source: VTA - Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority) 5/16/2016 5:01 PM| Stacey Hendler Ross In honor of National Infrastructure Week (May 16 - 23) we're highlighting various critical...
View ArticleCCEC Holds Annual Moving Out Collection for Homeless Veterans and...
(Source: Arcadia University) April 28, 2016 •Caitlin Burns Cleaning out before moving out in May? Donate your usable items and non-perishable foods to the Community and Civic Engagement Center's (CCEC)...
View ArticleIsraeli forces dismantle Palestinian mobile homes, over 90 left homeless
Some 90 Palestinian Bedouins, the majority of them children , were left homeless Monday when Israeli forces disassembled EU-donated mobile homes without prior notice in the Jabal al-Baba neighborhood...
View ArticleOrange County hiring 'homeless czar' in its focus to help those in need
Efforts to help and house Orange County’s homeless may become more fruitful under a soon-to-be hired “homeless czar” and the formation of a faith-based coalition focused on Santa Ana’s Civic Center,...
View ArticleCity Forcing Landlords to Repair Seven Buildings with Cluster Homeless Units...
(Source: City of New York, NY) May 18, 2016 Seven buildings have a combined total of 726 building code violations City implementing process to replace shelter providers NEW YORK--Mayor Bill de Blasio...
View ArticleStorm sewer work to close parts of 87th St (City of Overland Park, KS)
(Source: City of Overland Park, KS) On Monday, May 23, construction crews will commence stormwater maintenance work along 87th Street between Goddard Street, east of U.S. 69 Highway, and...
View ArticleCivil Administration dismantles and confiscates trailers which were home to...
(Source: B'Tselem - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories) 18 May 2016 Civil Administration dismantles and confiscates trailers which were home to 49 people,...
View ArticlePLEASANTON TO HOLD CIVIC CENTER/LIBRARY MASTER PLAN OPEN HOUSES (City of...
(Source: City of Pleasanton, CA) dda79ba0-f238-486f-8c84-ef09551676c2.pdf PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 17, 2016 Contact: Tracy Dunne 925.931.5044 or 925.519.5836...
View ArticleUnderground, Undercover (University of California - Santa Barbara)
(Source: University of California - Santa Barbara) The biggest construction project of its kind is happening on the UC Santa Barbara campus, and when it's done you probably won't know it ever happened....
View ArticleReal estate developer launches campaign on Dallas homelessness
A downtown Dallas real estate developer has launched her own campaign to end homelessness in the city a week after Mayor Mike Rawlings announced the creation of the Dallas Commission on Homelessness....
View ArticleSecond Malibu Homeless Connect Day - Wednesday, May 25, 10AM-1PM (City of...
(Source: City of Malibu, CA) Following the success of last fall's Malibu Homeless Connect Day which provided services to more than 65 individuals of the area's homeless population, Homeless Connect...
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