There'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 ArticleFirst Tent City section closed Tuesday, second section closure pushed back a...
After weeks of planning, one part of Tent City was shuttered Tuesday morning, and the second section will close next week. Related ACLU asks Dallas police to respect civil rights of homeless people in...
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 ArticleMarcos Breton: Tent city stunt distracts from real issue of helping...
Pay no attention to the sideshow. A civil rights attorney, in partnership with a Catholic nun, are sympathetic figures to be sure – especially when they threaten to sue City Hall in the name of the...
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 ArticleHomeless rights lawyer to create tent city in downtown Sacramento
Advocates of a city-sanctioned homeless encampment said Monday they will erect a camp of 20 to 30 tents on a downtown Sacramento lot and threatened to sue the city if their application for a permit is...
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 ArticleEviction notices given to residents in section of Tent City closest to...
Dallas police officers and social workers delivered notices to vacate to another section of Tent City on Thursday. Related 45-year-old man stabbed in Tent City homeless encampmentPart of Tent City now...
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 ArticleLong Beach Civic Center reaches financial close (Arup Group Limited)
(Source: Arup Group Limited) The New Long Beach Civic Center, a unique combination of infrastructure and private mixed-used real estate development, recently reached financial close. Developed under...
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 ArticleConstruction Begins to Expand and Enhance Civic Center Transit Center (Metro...
(Source: Metro - Bi-State Development Agency) Representatives from the Federal Transit Administration and the City of St. Louis joined Metro at a groundbreaking ceremony today to commemorate the...
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 ArticleLong Beach closes on $513 million in financing on Civic Center
The city and Port of Long Beach have closed on financing for the $513 million Long Beach Civic Center Project. The project is a public-private partnership that is working to constructing a combination...
View ArticleMayor Emanuel Announces Pilot To Address Chronic Homelessness With Viable...
(Source: City of Chicago Office of the Mayor) April 24, 2016 Mayor's Homeless Task Force launches pilot seeking to initially house 75 chronically homeless residents and identify more long-term housing...
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