Angelenos were rightly alarmed to learn last month that the number of homeless people is rising again. But the reality is even worse. Homelessness is no longer just a local issue. It is a national ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A homeless person's belongings are pictured on Victory Road in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. Gov. Spencer Cox, ...

Many people respond to homelessness with dismissive attitudes, such as "Not my problem!", "Not in my backyard!", or "They chose to be homeless!" As the director of the Safe Harbor homeless shelter in ...

Americans pour staggering amounts of money into the fight against homelessness every year through federal programs, state funding and private donations. Yet a new analysis argues that despite the ...

Heatwaves also bring risks that come from sheltering or keeping cool by canals or rivers, as many homeless people do. Sadly, ...

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria has taken a queer eye to his city's homeless issue to get people housed and he's helping other mayors come up with solutions to shelter unhoused residents. However, ...

Los Angeles’ homeless woes are worsening — and Mayor Karen Bass is trying to point fingers anywhere but City Hall. After touting two years of decline in the homeless population, Bass and the City of ...

When a reporter asked Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt about his plans to tackle homelessness, Pratt had a brusque response: “They’re not homeless. They’re drug addicts.” “They are choosing ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Monday that he warned his successor, Zohran Mamdani, to keep homelessness “under control” — even as the incoming administration announced it’ll stop breaking up ...

Jay Chaudhary's column, "Ignoring public disorder around homelessness is a costly luxury," was excellent analysis of the homelessness epidemic in Indianapolis. I would add one point, however. The term ...

From groceries to rent, rising prices are pushing some people into homelessness. The city of Ypsilanti is now dealing with the growing problem of more people living outside in tents and encampments.