No,” Ashley replied, in a soft voice. In San Francisco, I met a man living in a nest of tarps and twigs, swatting invisible ...

The race for California governor features former presidential wannabes, a county sheriff, two women who could become the ...

Some localities are addressing street homelessness with a new approach, which experts say can clear encampments while ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Business owners in East Lansing say there’s a growing homelessness problem in the downtown area, leading many to voice their concerns ahead of Thursday’s Downtown ...

With their addition to spending and subservience to public-sector unions, California lawmakers have ignored the state’s debt crisis. In particular, the Legislature has basically shrugged as unfunded ...

The upset is palpable. News reports that the Trump administration is planning to cut state grants to build permanent housing for homeless people has led state officials and homeless activists to claim ...

Financial guru Dave Ramsey advised a 27-year-old caller struggling with debt and homelessness that bankruptcy would not solve his problems, emphasizing the importance of stability and personal ...

As part of a special federal task force investigating where a staggering $24 billion designated for homelessness in California has ended up, the Department of Justice revealed initial findings on ...

Two men, one the former chief financial officer at a downtown Los Angeles-based developer of affordable housing, were charged in separate cases Thursday, Oct. 16, with illegally obtaining funds meant ...

The news has sent counties throughout California into a panic. The state is bracing to lose hundreds of millions of dollars for permanent housing, which is the one thing experts agree on as the most ...

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa Barbara County. The latest blow in a seemingly endless barrage of bad news ...