• Displaced Puerto Ricans, now living in hotels, may soon lose housing

    Displaced Puerto Ricans, now living in hotels, may soon lose housing

    Feb 18, 2018 09:10 PM EDT

    ... out a lot. IVETTE FELICIANO: In late December, the Rivera’s were among more than 40 families at the hotel that faced potential eviction and homelessness. FEMA’s transitional housing program was set to end by mid-January. But then FEMA extended the program through March 20th at the request ...

  • Indiana Medicaid work requirements fuel worries for the poor

    Indiana Medicaid work requirements fuel worries for the poor

    Feb 13, 2018 11:20 PM EDT

    Advocates like Alan Witchey say, now that Indiana is adding a work requirement, bureaucratic mistakes become much more common, especially for vulnerable populations like the homeless. Alan Witchey: Even though we have been told there's an exemption for homelessness, we haven't heard, how is that going to work ...

  • Is relocating homeless people a life line or broken system?

    Is relocating homeless people a life line or broken system?

    Dec 23, 2017 10:44 PM EDT

    ... you found that was most interesting? ALASTAIR GEE: Well we went into this knowing that cities say that these programs are a way of resolving homelessness and their official reports actually say that these bus programs are an 'exit from homelessness' and so we wanted to find out if that ...

  • How smoke from California’s fires is harming the most vulnerable

    How smoke from California’s fires is harming the most vulnerable

    Dec 09, 2017 05:45 PM EDT

    ... air filters. But even getting indoors can be a major challenge for the homeless in L.A., one of the only U.S. cities where homelessness is rising. In 2017, the number of homeless people climbed to over 55,000 — up more than 13,000 from the year prior. L ...

  • Campsites in San Diego are providing shelter for homeless families in need

    Campsites in San Diego are providing shelter for homeless families in need

    Nov 24, 2017 12:34 AM EDT

    ... the county with more than 150 sleeping on the streets. Christine Wade and her six children, with one on the way, have been struggling with homelessness for three years. The family moved into the camp the morning it opened. Christine Wade: It was a beautiful moment because being out there ...

  • Texas governor wants to double state guard in wake of Harvey

    Texas governor wants to double state guard in wake of Harvey

    Nov 12, 2017 02:44 PM EDT

    ... a broader policy plan surrounding veterans and the military that Abbott is rolling out early in his re-election campaign. It includes plans to reduce homelessness among veterans and more access to mental health services. In 2015, the relatively obscure Texas State Guard received national attention after Abbott drew ridicule ...

  • Judy Woodruff

    Judy Woodruff

    Oct 13, 2017 03:58 PM EDT

    ... Forum, The Duke Endowment and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and is a director of Public Radio International and the National Association to End Homelessness. She is a former member of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, a former director of the National Museum of American History and a ...

  • These conservatives are making a case for clean energy

    These conservatives are making a case for clean energy

    Oct 12, 2017 08:28 PM EDT

    ... afford it. Joseph Pinion, outreach chair for the New York Young Republicans and chairman of the Conservative Color Coalition, said the second leading cause of homelessness for families, in places like Colorado, is the inability to pay energy and utility bills. So with new technologies and advancing systems, wind energy ...

  • An outbreak waiting to happen: hepatitis A marches through San Diego’s homeless community

    An outbreak waiting to happen: hepatitis A marches through San Diego’s homeless community

    Oct 08, 2017 02:18 PM EDT

    ... case occurred at the end of November.) The outbreak may be bringing much-needed attention to such grim realities. “This is a warning shot that homelessness is something we can’t ignore,” said Dr. Jeffrey Norris, the medical director for a health center embedded within Father Joe’s Villages, a ...

  • Navigating Seattle's ever-evolving streets through poetry

    Navigating Seattle's ever-evolving streets through poetry

    Sep 29, 2017 11:17 PM EDT

    ... The poems for the grid span the city. Some are about home, memories of growing up in the affluent Blue Ridge neighborhood. Others are about homelessness, the cold concrete of a Seattle underpass. There are poems left in their native tongues, Spanish, Arabic. The writers run from well-established poets ...