More than two thirds of Portland-area residents who responded to a March poll commissioned by The Oregonian/OregonLive said they were not getting a good value from tax dollars spent on homelessness.

Read on for more from Anna about what we know about the spread of homelessness in the U.S. Every year, toward the end of ...

A person sleeps on a park bench during the annual Point-in-Time count of people experiencing homelessness, Thursday, Jan. 23, in Miami. In 2024, the U.S. saw the largest spike in homelessness since ...

Allowing the homeless to languish on the streets in severe winter weather can be a deadly policy. It has been in New York City.

Six in 10 Americans who responded to a recent survey believe personal choices are why people are homeless or remain in poverty, with drugs and mental illness as underlying factors.

Last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in City of Grants Pass v Johnson ruled city governments could sweep homeless encampments without violating individuals’ rights. Before this ruling, cities were ...

Homelessness may be Seattle’s most visible and vexing problem, and a year to the day after Mayor Ed Murray declared a civil emergency, it only seems to be worse. In a Wednesday interview with KIRO 7, ...

Some organizations supporting people experiencing homelessness in Maryland and Virginia report, the economy and cost-of-living crisis remain the main drivers of the increase in demand they have seen ...

It takes a lot to shock me these days, but State Sen. Lisa Standridge’s proposed bill, SB 484, which FORBIDS the City of Norman from doing anything to solve the problem of homelessness, does just that ...

The number of people experiencing homelessness in Kansas slightly fell this year after reaching its highest point over the previous decade in 2024. But that data comes just as President Donald Trump ...