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 ...
L.A. County’s first safe parking for homeless people living in RVs opens in Crenshaw
Los Angeles County has opened its first safe parking location for recreational vehicles. The pilot has spaces for 14 RVs that ...
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Instead of a new jail, LA built shipping container houses for homeless people
The Hilda L. Solis Care First Village was named after the County Supervisor who initiated the site’s pivot to housing instead ...
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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 ...
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Inside the Fight Against a Los Angeles Inferno
The destruction in parts of Altadena, a few miles to the west of Sierra Madre, and Pacific Palisades, which had burned in a ...
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.
One person found dead after fire at homeless camp
One person was found dead Wednesday after a fire at the Seaside homeless camp on Avenue S. Officials did not release the ...