Homeless living at Harrisburg’s ‘Tent City’ react to man’s death in tent fire
Michele Lauck, known as the “Mom” of tent city, describes the tragedy after meeting with the victim's family on Monday.
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Surge in Immigrants Contributed to Rising Homeless Counts
Homelessness rose last year by 18 percent, but much of the increase took place in a handful of states that had received lots of immigrants. Some experts say their increase during a HUD census inflated ...
Ben Affleck volunteers at LA homeless encampment after thousands of houses destroyed in wildfires
Affleck was forced to evacuate his Pacific Palisades home and fled to his ex-wife Jennifer Garner’s abode due to the fires.
As ash rained down on L.A.'s Skid Row, clean drinking water grew scarce
Volunteers are handing out bottled water and other supplies to unhoused people on Los Angeles' Skid Row who were affected by ...
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Another Homelessness Story: We know what works. Why don’t we do it?
Kristy Milligan was getting ready to leave work. She runs Westside Cares, a nonprofit in Old Colorado City that provides food ...
America’s Laws Make us Bystanders to the Homeless Crisis
A housing policy expert explains how the American legal system penalizes those who help people experiencing homelessness.
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With so many displaced by fires, Los Angeles County can’t accurately measure homelessness
The county was supposed to conduct an annual tally of people experiencing homelessness this month. Then disaster struck.
Ventura County sizes up homeless population with annual count
Ventura County's annual point-in-time homeless count started Wednesday. The county is one of the nation's least affordable ...
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Wildfires expose safety, logistical risks for LA County's unhoused
As wildfires tear through Los Angeles County, tens of thousands of unhoused residents face a cascade of risks: toxic air they ...
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24 dead as fire crews try to corral Los Angeles blazes before winds return this week
Firefighters scrambled Sunday to make further progress against wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes and killed 24 people in the Los Angeles area as forecasters again warned of ...