The homeless have a new perk thanks to Mayor Zohran Mamdani: turndown service. City sanitation workers did everything this week but put mints on the greasy pillows atop makeshift beds in a booming ...

An outbreak of deadly bacteria at a Bay Area homeless encampment has sparked urgent calls for action in Los Angeles, with officials warning the disease may already be circulating in the city. The ...

The three-day 2026 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count begins Tuesday night, and volunteers are still needed for the annual census. The Department of Housing and Urban Development mandates that the ...

There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America, by Brian Goldstone (Penguin Random House, 448 pp., $30) A few years ago, I learned that an employee at Georgia State University, in Atlanta, ...

SALT LAKE CITY — As Utah's state legislature prepares to return to session on Tuesday, homeless advocates gathered at the Capitol on Thursday to voice their concerns about proposed housing legislation ...

The Seattle Times’ Project Homeless is supported by Campion Foundation, Raikes Foundation and Seattle Foundation. The Seattle Times maintains editorial control over Project Homeless content. Mayor ...

Detroit — When 68-year-old Roger Jackson’s body was discovered in the hallway of a Detroit apartment building in April with a deadly mix of cocaine, fentanyl and xylazine in his system, a referral for ...

Homeless encampment sweeps have been increasing since a pivotal Supreme Court decision in 2024. But medical experts and advocates for unhoused people say those sweeps have hidden health costs.

Shirley Raines, a Compton woman who dedicated her life to providing for homeless people and founded the nonprofit Beauty 2 the Streetz, has died, her organization announced. She was 58. "Ms. Shirley ...