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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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Homelessness among American veterans increased this year by its largest margin since the US started tracking
On a single day in January this year, over 650,000 people were homeless, according to a newly relea…
Katie Balevic
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Millions of veterans are about to get expanded healthcare access
Millions more veterans exposed to toxins during service will qualify for VA healthcare on March 5.
Allie Kelly
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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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A viral story about homeless veterans getting kicked out of a New York hotel to make room for migrants was a hoax
Homeless men say they were offered money to pose as veterans. The hoax was picked up by numerous ou…
Rebecca Cohen
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Arnold Schwarzenegger donated 25 tiny homes to homeless veterans and their pets
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger donated $250,000 to purchase the 25 tiny homes for…
Lauren Edmonds
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A grand jury just voted to indict Daniel Penny, the US Marine veteran filmed putting homeless subway passenger Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold
Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old US Marine veteran, was arrested last month on a second-degree manslaugh…
Lauren Steussy
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A New Jersey woman who used a fake GoFundMe to raise more than $400,000 for a homeless veteran was sentenced to 3 years in prison
Katelyn McClure and her boyfriend gave television interviews to support their fake story about a ho…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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New Jersey woman who used $400,000 from GoFundMe homeless vet scam on Casino trips and cars sentenced to a year in prison
Katelyn McClure was sentenced to one day and a year in federal prison for fabricating a story about…
Pocharapon Neammanee
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A New Jersey man pleaded guilty to conspiracy over a $400,000 homeless veteran GoFundMe scam, DOJ says
Mark D'Amico has pleaded guilty for his role in a $400,000 GoFundMe scam, according to a Department…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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New York Mayor Eric Adams says a constituent 'made a conscious decision' to be homeless 'because she wanted housing'
Speaking from a moving car in a radio interview, Adams responded to audio of a homeless constituent…
Jake Lahut
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Identity verification service ID.me has a lucrative contract with the VA. Veterans and their families say it’s locked them out of disability payments and emergency assistance.
These issues disproportionately affected older veterans and veterans abroad, and added technical hu…
Caroline Haskins
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Daniel Penny, who choked a homeless man to death on the subway, says 'it's a little bit comical' because 'I love all people'
Daniel Penny said it's "comical" he's been accused of racism after killing Jordan Neely since he lo…
Katie Balevic
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Caitlyn Jenner wants to move homeless people to 'big open fields,' saying they are 'destroying Venice Beach'
In the same interview, Jenner also said she would impose tougher immigration controls by building a…
Cheryl Teh
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What poverty in Philadelphia taught me about homelessness in Los Angeles
Both cities have high rates of poverty. But in one, the housing is far less affordable - and that h…
Charles Davis
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A housing crisis is upon us — but a church group in Virginia is taking a big swing at homelessness by pairing up roommates, subsidizing their rent, and offering counseling
One landlord said she was wary of taking on homeless tenants at first, but the support they receive…
Jason Lalljee
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A village of 15 tiny houses designed for homeless veterans just opened in a Canadian city, and it charges veterans $600 a month to live there until they get back on their feet
In order to live there, veterans have to fill out an application and complete a needs analysis. How…
Libertina Brandt
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Trump administration backtracks on cuts to program helping homeless veterans after outrage
The program in question gave housing vouchers to homeless veterans, who would then use them to get …
Ben Brimelow
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1 in 10 homeless adults are veterans, here's how you can help them and others stay safe and warm during the polar vortex
Steam rises up on the surface of Lake Michigan, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, in Chicago. A deadly arct…
John Haltiwanger
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A 62-year-old veteran who had been missing for a month was found dead in a Massachusetts VA hospital's stairwell
The veteran was found dead on Friday at the Bedford VA Hospital in Bedford, Massachusetts, wearing …