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![Members of the Hillside Villa Tenants Association clap and chant in front of a banner which says "Stop Breaking Families Apart."](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/hillside-400x300.jpg)
Six Years Into Rent Strike, Tenants Union Will Battle Landlord in LA Court
The Hillside Villa Tenants Association is engaged in one of the longest rent strikes in the history of Los Angeles.
![Tents in the snow at homeless encampment in Chicago](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1246757831-400x300.jpg)
Ohio Pastor Charged for Sheltering Homeless People in Church in Freezing Weather
The pastor was arrested for sheltering unhoused people who might otherwise have frozen to death.
![Maria LaMalfa at the Tell Rep LaLota: Stop MAGA Cuts! Protect Social Security! rally on February 23, 2023, in Huntington, New York.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1220-social-security-400x300.jpg)
Social Security Clawbacks Are Driving Some Recipients Into Homelessness
The government is imposing debts that can reach tens of thousands of dollars against those least able to pay.
![People experiencing homelessness sweep the area around their tent shelters in Los Angeles](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1230843216-400x300.jpg)
As Housing Costs Skyrocket, Homelessness in US Hits Record High
High housing costs have left many Americans “living paycheck to paycheck and one crisis away from homelessness.”
![The staff of the Catherine H. Barber Memorial Shelter for people experiencing homelessness pose outside the building. The only shelter for unhoused people in the county of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, the shelter successfully fought back against zoning ordinances that would have prevented the shelter’s move to a permanent location.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1113-m2-400x300.jpg)
As Cities Resist Affordable Housing, This Homeless Shelter Fought Back and Won
Many cities are weaponizing zoning laws and punishing poverty, exacerbating homelessness rather than alleviating it.
![Elon Musk speaks with other delegates during day one of the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park on November 1, 2023, in Bletchley, England.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1108-elon-musk-400x300.jpg)
Elon Musk Wants Me Fired. The People of San Francisco Want Him Taxed.
Seeing progressive policies succeed in San Francisco, the billionaire class is now waging a war against working people.
![A tent is decorated with a sign that reads, Home is where the Heart is, at the Urban Alchemy homeless site, along South Central Avenue, in Los Angeles, California, on August 14, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1106-unhoused-tent-400x300.jpg)
Media Blame Homelessness on Substance Abuse. The Data Tell a Different Story.
As a California-based homelessness researcher and physician, I know we’re misdiagnosing the problem.
![Food Not Bombs volunteers distribute free food and supplies at a protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1230708950-400x300.jpg)
West Palm Beach Activists Face Charges for Sharing Food With Unhoused Community
Florida has the third-largest unhoused population in the country, with 27,487 people experiencing homelessness.
![Registered nurse Laura Lacroix, left, and Brett Feldman, a physician's assistant, do a checkup on an unhoused person in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on October 25, 2017.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1019-unhoused-health-care-400x300.jpg)
New Federal Rule Boosts Street Medicine Services to Houseless People
This month, the federal government started paying for treatments delivered outside hospitals and clinics.
![Protesters rally for the right to counsel on May 31, 2023, in front of Brooklyn Housing Court, Brooklyn, New York.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0620-elders-1-400x300.jpg)
We’re Failing Our Elders: Seniors Are a Growing Portion of Unhoused Population
People over age 50 now account for approximately half of the unhoused population in the U.S.