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Homelessness
LA Ballot Measure Would Let Unhoused People Stay in Hotels Past Pandemic
In LA County, around 60,000 people are unhoused and thousands more face eviction, even as 20,000 hotel rooms are vacant.
Unhoused Activists Are Fighting a Surge of Bills Criminalizing Homelessness
As soaring rents push people onto the streets, many unhoused people are rising up against harmful legislation.
New Proposal Would Tax the Rich to House Low-Income People in Los Angeles
A proposal on the ballot in Los Angeles would tax turnovers of luxury properties to fund affordable housing.
Arresting Unhoused People Doesn’t Fix Homelessness. Police Do It Anyway.
The vast criminalization of unhoused people for largely nonviolent violations in several West coast cities is underway.
Occupy-Style Protest in Boise Highlights Brutal Conditions Faced by the Unhoused
Nearly five years after an appeals court constrained Boise’s efforts to criminalize homelessness, loopholes abound.
COVID-19 Test Delivery Leaves Out Houseless and Multigenerational Households
Two years into the pandemic, the Biden administration’s first direct testing response leaves a lot to be desired.
Hundreds of Thousands of Children Are Homeless — and the Problem Is on the Rise
With the end of the federal eviction moratorium, experts fear child homelessness is even higher than the data suggests.
700,000 US Teens Navigate School Without Family Support or Permanent Housing
About 700,000 of the nation’s 4.2 million homeless youth are living on their own, unaccompanied by a parent or guardian.
Only a Quarter of the $9 Billion HUD Got to Combat COVID Impacts Has Been Spent
Cities and states have been overwhelmed by capacity issues and focused on spending other funding with tighter deadlines.
Wall Street’s Barons Are Causing Homelessness for Profit
What’s really driving home prices today are massive, multibillion-dollar funds buying up all available housing.