• 'We're moving way too slowly' says California homeless advocate

    'We're moving way too slowly' says California homeless advocate

    Apr 03, 2020 07:53 PM EST

    ... vowed repeatedly to get them indoors, but testing shortages and bureaucratic wrangling are making it difficult. Relatively few of California's 150,000 people experiencing homelessness have been moved into individual quarters. It's unclear how many even have the highly contagious virus. "The whole shelter-in-place and the ...

  • Las Vegas marking parking places for homeless encampment

    Las Vegas marking parking places for homeless encampment

    Mar 31, 2020 06:59 PM EST

    ... to help meet social distancing requirements. We'll continue to provide this temporary respite, while practicing necessary social distancing, for anyone who is suffering from homelessness," Radke said in an email. The makeshift shelters come as officials in other states look to protect homeless people. In California, which has the ...

  • As virus grips nation, advocates move to halt evictions

    As virus grips nation, advocates move to halt evictions

    Mar 20, 2020 06:47 PM EST

    ... people from losing their homes. "At this point, with so much uncertainty for so many people who have not thought of themselves at risk of homelessness, to have any type of relief is helpful," said Jeff Smythe, chief executive director of Hope Atlanta, a homelessness prevention organization in Georgia. The ...

  • California governor says 60,000 homeless could be infected by novel coronavirus

    California governor says 60,000 homeless could be infected by novel coronavirus

    Mar 19, 2020 05:34 PM EST

    ... million on efforts to shield that population from the virus. “I hope you get a sense of the seriousness we're taking the issue of homelessness,” Newsom said in a Facebook Live broadcast. Two-thirds of the money will go directly to local governments to spend on homeless services and ...

  • How health care inequity could make the COVID-19 crisis worse

    How health care inequity could make the COVID-19 crisis worse

    Mar 13, 2020 08:38 PM EST

    ... uninsured, and 91 percent are low-income. Those patients may also suffer from housing insecurity — about 1.4 million people in the United States experience homelessness each year — or chronic diseases like asthma, diabetes or obesity. Such conditions can compromise the immune system, leaving patients at greater risk of catching ...

  • How lack of paid sick leave is complicating U.S. virus response

    How lack of paid sick leave is complicating U.S. virus response

    Mar 06, 2020 11:45 PM EST

    ... they're only one economic disruption away, like not being able to show up for work, from an economic disruption. That could lead into eviction, homelessness, foreclosure, bankruptcy. So the system is currently not set up to enable a low-wage worker to have the ability to show up to ...

  • How the Dallas Street Choir grants homeless residents a voice

    How the Dallas Street Choir grants homeless residents a voice

    Feb 28, 2020 11:25 PM EST

    ... Chief development officer Nick Colletti is proud of the work done here. It's received national attention. But he also notes the paradox of rising homelessness, 9 percent jumps each of the past two years, in a city with a booming economy. Nick Colletti: We do have a shortage of ...

  • Can California figure out a way to house its growing homeless population?

    Can California figure out a way to house its growing homeless population?

    Feb 20, 2020 11:35 PM EST

    ... And, interestingly, a poll that just came out showed that almost 40 percent of Californians fear that they or someone they know could fall into homelessness. So, it's a real fear here that the economic inequality, the rising housing prices, the systemic racism that we're addressing throughout the ...

  • News Wrap: Thousands of Palestinians protest Trump’s Middle East peace plan

    News Wrap: Thousands of Palestinians protest Trump’s Middle East peace plan

    Feb 11, 2020 11:50 PM EST

    ... the ban last night in a bid to help low- and moderate-income tenants. Seattle has some of the nation's highest rents and widespread homelessness. The bill faces a possible veto by the mayor, plus a likely court challenge. And Wall Street had a relatively quiet day. The Dow ...

  • Irish voters frustrated by economy choose next leader

    Irish voters frustrated by economy choose next leader

    Feb 08, 2020 05:03 PM EST

    ... and since 2016 as the leader of a minority administration with the tacit support of Fianna Fail. The current campaign was dominated by domestic problems, especially a growing homelessness crisis, house prices that have risen faster than incomes and a public health system that hasn’t kept up with demand.