Her cottage survived but Garrison remains part of Los Angeles' homeless population, which numbers around 75,000. The depth of the wildfire destruction is likely to increase that number. "A week ago we ...

The House has passed two bills aimed at banning homeless encampments on public property and requiring homeless people to ...

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A housing policy expert explains how the American legal system penalizes those who help people experiencing homelessness.

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Middletown police say 67-year-old Rickey Melvin, who was homeless, was struck shortly before 6 a.m. Monday while he tried to ...

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Council members Neil Dobler and Christina Valdivia-Alcalá led the effort to adjust the camping ordinance, which included not ...

Some 20 years after Sarasota was named "the meanest city in America" for criminalizing homelessness, the city has changed for ...

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