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Outcast Island
October 9, 2014 marked the end of an era for Boston's homeless, ill and marginalized residents when the sole bridge to Long Island was closed.
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Single-Room Occupancy Buildings: Last Bastion of Affordable Housing in San Francisco?
In the midst of an ongoing housing crisis, conditions in San Francisco's single-room occupancy buildings are slow to improve.
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Why Did Fort Lauderdale Police Arrest an Old Man for Feeding Homeless People?
The rationale for Fort Lauderdale's anti-homeless ordinance has everything to do with land and money.
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This City Came Up With a Simple Solution to Homelessness: Housing
Salt Lake City's Housing First initiative has reduced chronic homelessness by 72 percent. Now other cities are giving it a try.
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The Earthquake That Forced San Francisco Forward: 25 Years After Loma Prieta
From what had been a research study paper, stagnant for years, with no chance of approval, came a new model for housing homeless people in San Francisco.
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Nowhere to Go but Jail? Criminalizing Homelessness
It is time to stop treating the homeless like criminals. Police have alternatives to incarceration that actually help people - and save money for taxpayers.
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Battle Continues Over Bayview Homeless Shelter
This sad childish bickering was revealed in the latest debate between the City and the opposition.
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Can Tiny Houses Solve Homelessness in Portland?
The city of Portland recently announced it is seeking to provide tiny houses to convince people currently residing in Portland's “tent cities” to relocate to the permanent structures.
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Street Sweepers, Part I: The Battle for the Cecil
Downtown Los Angeles is home of two extreme phenomena: hypergentrification and a homeless population rising more rapidly than any other city in the nation.
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For the Betterment of the City
Despite California's historic drought, San Francisco's homeless will continue to be forced off Market Street with pressurized water.