Housing & Homelessness News

As legislative attacks on unhoused people ramp up, disabled people are on the front lines. By Marianne Dhenin Published May 9, 2025 The U.S. approach to addressing homelessness in the wake of a recent Supreme Court ruling will maim and kill people, housing rights advocates and experts tell Truthout. It will disproportionately harm disabled Americans, who comprise more…

Renters on fixed incomes hope a 10% ceiling on increases will provide relief, while older landlords worry it will force them out of business. by Laurel Demkovich April 14, 2025 Royce Timothy is trying to figure out what to sell next. To pay her rent last month, she sold a gold chain, a commemorative coin set…

President Donald Trump‘s plan for mass deportations of migrants could dramatically impact housing availability and affordability in the nation, according to a study led by a University of Utah professor. Published Feb 09, 2025 at 11:03 AM EST By Giulia Carbonaro Why It Matters Americans are currently struggling with a housing affordability crunch which has hurt both buyers…

By Marisa Kendall | CalMatters Published Dec 15, 2024 5:00 AM Two years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration unveiled a new plan to help solve the homelessness crisis: It began using health care providers, funded through Medi-Cal, to help people get and stay housed. Now, with President-Elect Donald Trump about to take office, some health care organizations,…

‘Unlike homeless removals of Chicago’s past, this effort was focused on providing apartments to most of the tent dwellers,’ The Chicago Sun Times reported. By Joshua Q. Nelson Published December 8, 2024 5:00am EST Chicago officials reportedly cleared the largest homeless encampment in the city after relocating some residents into apartments and shelter beds. According to the Chicago…

The Arizona Court of Appeals affirmed an injunction that required the city to clear out a homeless encampment in downtown Phoenix. Author: Kevin Reagan Published: 4:37 PM PDT August 27, 2024 Updated: 5:59 PM PDT August 27, 2024 To watch video report, Click Here. PHOENIX — The Arizona Court of Appeals has affirmed an injunction issued last year…

Updated: 11:02 PM PDT Aug 23, 2024 Peyton Headlee  To watch video report, Click Here. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Camp Resolution is a self-governing homeless encampment on Colfax Street in north Sacramento, and the city is telling the residents that they have to move out within the next three days. A lot of residents are trying…

by Paul Rivera, KOMO News Reporter Wed, July 24th 2024 at 8:01 PM Updated Thu, July 25th 2024 at 12:46 PM PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — Pierce County wants to use federal money to help those who are experiencing homelessness, but there’s a problem: they can’t agree on how to use it. $2.5 million is left from the county’s…

Joshua Ceballos Jul 23, 2024 Updated Jul 26, 2024 Reverend Willie F. Ford’s church is emptier than it used to be. It’s not that his congregation doesn’t want to come in on Sundays, he says — it’s that they can’t. In the past decade he’s been ministering at St. Matthew Community Baptist Church, Ford has seen his…

By Caroline Love Published on July 10, 2024 North Texas school districts are seeing an increase in students experiencing homelessness — even in affluent communities like Plano. Students experiencing homelessness — or what James Thomas from Plano ISD calls “living in transition”— are eligible for services at school under the McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act. The federal…