Truthout
Homelessness

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Homeless Children in a Golden City
So one must ask: Why do we allow homeless children on our City's streets, yet provide tax breaks to corporations so that they may find office housing?

Houselessness, Mutual Aid and Protecting One Another in Harsh Weather
This is where we are as a society - a black woman dying of a terrible illness is faced with death on a cold sidewalk, or death in a …

New York City Activists Mobilize for Right to Counsel in Eviction
New York City may become the first to provide free legal representation to low-income tenants facing eviction.

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“Some Sort of Hell”: How One of the Wealthiest Cities in the United States Treats Its Homeless
The city refuses to provide affordable housing, yet won't tolerate people living outdoors.

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Homeless People: Do You Just “Walk On By”?
Chances are, you too walk by them on the way to the office or when running errands.

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Intelligence Questions
If the greatest achievement of human action is the permanent degradation of earth, are we really intelligent?

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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.

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.

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.