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Homeless people in Vancouver were given $5,500 cash, no strings attached. They used it to secure housing and even start saving.
Homeless people in Vancouver got a lump sum of $5,500, no strings attached. How they used the cash …
Lloyd Lee
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Democrats in California want to clear homeless encampments in public areas. So they convinced the conservative US Supreme Court to take up the case.
The issue has united liberals and conservatives as they've asked the SCOTUS to overturn the 9th Cir…
John L. Dorman
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New York hides 'its poor, tired, homeless masses' ahead of UN session
City officials have cleared out homeless pavement dwellers from the area around the United Nations …
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Montreal libraries will soon be able to kick people out for smelling bad. Critics say the rule could target the homeless and the poor.
Critics of the new rules say they could be used to exclude vulnerable people.
Alia Shoaib
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Younger baby boomers are facing a homelessness crisis as rents skyrocket and outpace Social Security
More baby boomers are facing homelessness as rent prices outpace Social Security payments. A subsid…
Cork Gaines
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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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Universal basic income could be a really simple solution to homelessness, a researcher from a study that gave people $750 a month says
Findings from a new study show that a basic income plan could be a simple solution for homelessness…
Natalie Musumeci
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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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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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Denver experimented with giving people $1,000 a month. It reduced homelessness and increased full-time employment, a study found.
UBI, or universal basic income, is a form of direct cash assistance to help the most vulnerable get…
Charles R. Davis
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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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90% of people experiencing homelessness in California are from the state, rather than outsiders moving there for services
A major new study dispelled misconceptions that people move to California because of the state's sa…
Eliza Relman
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An upcoming video game is so realistic it simulates a homelessness crisis, getting laid off, and Gen Z going broke
Mismanaging the virtual city could lead to a cascade of economic woes from families being unable to…
Kai Xiang Teo
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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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Oregon lawmakers want to decriminalize homeless camps and allow unhoused people to sue if they are forced to leave
The so-called Right to Rest Act would give unhoused people the right to sue for $1,000 if they face…
Taylor Ardrey
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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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7-year-old shih-tzu named Reo found safe in homeless encampment a week after being dognapped by carjacker
Reo was reunited with his family unharmed after being dumped by a carjacker who stole his owner's c…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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California Rep. Maxine Waters introduces bills to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to fight homelessness and solve the affordable housing crisis
The bills would invest over $150 billion in affordable housing, send $100 billion to first-generati…
Eliza Relman
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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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Meet a teacher with cancer who was evicted, but got a new home thanks to $500 a month from a guaranteed-income program
"The first thing I thought was, 'This is going to be really bad,'" Elizabeth Softky told Insider. B…