"These people are not socially distancing. It’s just not possible for them. Every day that it doesn’t happen, the problem gets worse.”
In the past week alone, the Puerto Rico Seismic Network registered 43 “significant” quakes, leaving many people fearful of going home. More than 8,000 houses have been damaged. Months after the first earthquake, thousands are still homeless.
Federal aid is unlikely to come from an administration hell-bent on criminalizing the homeless and encouraging police agencies to arrest them for minor offenses.
On a federal and local level, candidates have bold plans for tackling affordability and equity
In cities where people are desperate for housing, why are there still empty properties?
As advocates and service providers brace for an executive order on homelessness, HUD Secretary Ben Carson heads to Houston.
"Wherever there is homelessness and housing insecurity, there is violence. So I think anybody who is concerned about crime in a city like Chicago should look at homelessness as a contributing factor."
As Texas’ governor promotes sensational stories of homeless violence and threatens a state crackdown, the people living on Austin’s streets tell a different story.
Nobody in America should be homeless. Nobody in Chicago should be homeless. So, listen up, mister Mayor, and all you Mayor wannabes: What we need now is a homes guarantee: a home for everyone who needs one.
One in 10 Bay Area residents earns too little to cover the cost of living; of those, 62 percent earn too much to qualify for food stamps.
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