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A booming Montana city's struggle with homelessness is a warning — and a model — for the West
A surge in housing costs has made Missoula, Montana, increasingly unaffordable. But the city is cha…
Eliza Relman
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I became homeless at 17 after I came out. At 40, I'm now stronger for having survived.
After coming out at 17, the author became homeless. They survived thanks to their queer friends. Th…
Sassafras Lowrey
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A homeless advocate of 40 years says finding homes for unhoused New Yorkers with vouchers has never been so hard
Marc Greenberg, the executive director of the Interfaith Assembly on Homelessness & Housing, says h…
Eliza Relman
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Washington state spent over $700,000 on giant boulders to deter homeless encampments
Before installing the boulders, Washington state officials said they focused on sheltering homeless…
Katie Balevic
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As homelessness spikes nationwide, at least 4 major cities have found ways to get people off the streets
New York, Philadelphia Seattle and Chicago are increasing access to affordable housing and non-poli…
Allie Kelly,Eliza Relman
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I volunteered to help New York City track its homeless population. Here's what I learned.
New York City sent 1,500 volunteers to all five boroughs to collect data on its homeless population…
Katie Balevic
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Oregon is giving homeless young people $1,000 a month to get back on their feet. Here's how it's going.
The Oregon basic income program is one of dozens nationwide aimed at reducing poverty and homeless.
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A $1.7 million prefab tiny home community was designed to help solve homelessness in an expensive Southern California city. A year later, half of its residents have found homes.
It's been one year since a prefabricated tiny home community designed to temporarily shelter the un…
Brittany Chang
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A Texas group that feeds the homeless has racked up 80 citations from city officials. But they say they're not backing down.
Food Not Bombs Houston has been battling the city over the volunteer group's decision to give out f…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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See inside a tiny-home village that gives homeless people $200-a-month houses — and has a waiting list of 700 people
Canadian millionaire Marcel LeBrun started 12Neighbours in 2021. The tiny-home community houses 77 …
Alcynna Lloyd
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Churches are building tiny homes across the US to help house the homeless
Micro dwellings are becoming increasingly popular to help homeless people by using spare land on ch…
Jyoti Mann
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A Native American woman experiencing homelessness said a Denver basic income program allowed her to pay her bills and attend college
The program helped one recipient move into an apartment and buy books for school.
Yoonji Han
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Previously homeless Detroit resident gets evicted from tiny home amid protests
A fight among protesters and bailiffs broke out on behalf of a 44-year-old woman who's been pushing…
Jordan Hart
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Tennessee Republican uses Hitler as an example of a homeless person who 'went on to lead a life that got him in the history books' while pushing to criminalize camping on public property
Sen. Frank Niceley added that Hitler led "a very unproductive life" while saying that homeless peop…
Bryan Metzger
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Starbucks is inviting social workers to assist homeless people at some of its cafés
Starbucks contracts with outreach workers in eight US cities, including New York, Los Angeles, and …
Nancy Luna
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A new Missouri law makes it a crime for the homeless to sleep on state-owned land including under bridges and overpasses
Gov. Mike Parson signed the bill into law over objections from his own administration that it would…
Katie Balevic
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A San Francisco basic-income experiment helped two-thirds of its homeless participants secure permanent housing in 6 months
With $500 a month and some social support, these Miracle Money participants found permanent housing…
Jason Lalljee
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Tiny home villages for homeless veterans are popping up around the country. Congress wants to send up to $100 million to fund more.
A bill introduced in the US House of Representatives in May is the first of its kind to tap tiny ho…
Kelsey Neubauer
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Tiny homes are being built by churches and non-profits to help ease the homeless crisis
Tiny homes are becoming increasingly popular as a solution to help homeless people and come with a …
Jyoti Mann
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A city outside Seattle just passed a 'no sit, no lie' ordinance for a 10-block swath of sidewalks aimed at homeless communities
Councilmember Liz Vogeli voted no: "I don't think sitting and lying down is a crime, nor do I think…