It’s illegal to sleep on a park bench. It’s illegal to stand in one place for too long. In hundreds of American cities, it’s a crime to be homeless.
Nowhere To Go: Dignity Village
In its endeavor to end homelessness, Gainesville begins dismantling an encampment that had become a ‘broken piece’ in a system of care.
An encampment closes without arrests — or COVID-19 cases
In its endeavor to end homelessness, Gainesville begins dismantling an encampment that had become a ‘broken piece’ in a system of care.
Nowhere To Go: Encampments
With firehoses, bulldozers and condos, gentrifying cities are clearing encampments from the streets.
The thin line between homelessness and not: A Greyhound bus ticket
Tatiana Garcia’s ticket to a new life takes her to upstate New York.
One woman’s quest to find a home
Inside the world of a homeless woman at Dignity Village in Gainesville, Florida.
Homeless counts in Northwest Arkansas are hit or miss
Writer Michael Adkison of The Razorback Reporter dove into the details of how the government arrives at a census of the homeless population in Northwest Arkansas — a method replicated by many other communities — revealing a flaw in the point-in-time census method that results in numerous homeless individuals in Northwest Arkansas not being counted.
Podcast: The last homeless veteran?
On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2019, a Northwest Arkansas homeless services group proclaimed it was close to effectively ending veteran homelessness there. By mid-April 2020, the goal of eliminating veteran homelessness remained elusive.
Angel of the Night offers comfort amid pandemic
Valerie McEntee is a minister with San Francisco Night Ministry.
The economic drivers of homelessness
The lower echelons of America’s middle class have been slipping through the country’s economic cracks as decades of federal policy changes have shredded the social safety nets that used to catch them.