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NYC to spend $650M on combating homelessness and mental illness

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams seized on a spate of recent high-profile attacks in the subway system as he pitched his vision for the city going forward, announcing Thursday an additional $650 million over the next five years to combat street homelessness and mental illness. “This investment will allow us to expand support for New Yorkers …

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2 days, 9 hours ago

Los Angeles mayor cut fire budget by $17 million months before wildfire: Report

India Today

The Los Angeles mayor, Karen Bass, has come under severe criticism for cutting the budget allocation for the fire department as the massive wildfire rages uncontrollably, destroying thousands of homes across vast acres in Pacific Palisades and nearby areas, forcing over a lakh residents to evacuate. Mayor Bass slashed the fire department budget by more than $17 million last year, …

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Biden administration bars medical debt from credit scores

LA Times

A general view of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, D.C. The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued new regulations barring medical debts from American credit reports, enacting a major new consumer protection just days before President Joe Biden is set to leave office. “The CFPB’s final rule will close a special carveout that has allowed debt …

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5 days, 9 hours ago

Letters to the Editor: These problems will always prevent L.A. from solving homelessness

LA Times

To the editor: Both the city and county of Los Angeles are considering breaking up the L.A. According to LAHSA, the number of people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County declined by 0.27% in 2024 compared to 2023. Nationally, for every 100 people who exited homelessness in 2024, another 118 entered into homelessness, according to the federal government. So the …

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6 days, 9 hours ago

Trump wants to address homelessness by working with states to ban street camping

NPR

Trump wants to address homelessness by working with states to ban street camping President-elect Trump wants to overhaul how the U.S. manages record-high homelessness. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that Trump's proposal could shift how billions of dollars in federal funding are spent. LUDDEN: Trump said he'll work with states to ban urban camping wherever possible and push people into treatment …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Homelessness rises to a record level in America

Live Mint

Each year for a few frigid days in January volunteers fan out across cities, towns and rural areas to try to count every homeless person in America. The method is admittedly flawed: cities do their counting in different ways, and many homeless people are transient or hide away in subterranean tunnels and under highway overpasses. The results for January 2024, …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Editorial: Think twice before breaking up the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority

LA Times

Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman, left, now former City Council member Paul Krekorian and LAHSA Chief Executive Va Lecia Adams Kellum kick off the first night of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s 2024 homeless count in North Hollywood on Jan. 23. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority is the closest the city and county have had to …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Mapped: Refugee homelessness on the rise in nearly 100 UK councils

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nearly 100 councils had more requests for emergency housing help …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Homeowners have no incentive to sell. Here’s why

CNN

CNN — This year, America’s once-in-a-generation housing slump deepened — but 2025 may not see much improvement. Here’s what economists expect of the housing market in 2025: Homeowners are still locked in The US housing market is on track for its worst sales year in nearly three decades, according to NAR data. “It’s become more of a buyer’s market this …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Toxic mushrooms drove me out of my house: Film producer says leaky pipe caused catastrophic damage to his flat - forcing him into homelessness and facing a £27,000 accommodation bill

Daily Mail

A leaseholder who was driven out of his home because of toxic mushrooms which had grown out of a leaky pipe has accused a residential management company of 'weaponised negligence' — as he is still waiting to return to his flat almost a year on. Wayne Henry said 'catastrophic damage' has been caused to his ground floor flat in Earl's …

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2 weeks ago

US sees record 18% increase in homelessness in 2024 as buying a house becomes more expensive

Firstpost

According to the new report released by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, more than 770,000 people were counted as homeless this year, as per the tallies taken across the country Homelessness in the United States has become a rampant issue marking a major spike this year. According to the new report released by the US Department of …

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Migrant crisis pushes US homelessness to record high in 2024

China Daily

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-12-28 05:10 NEW YORK -- Homelessness in the United States soared to its highest level since the federal government began keeping track nearly 20 years ago, according to a new report from the Joe Biden administration, driven by high rents and a lack of affordable options but also a crush of migrants claiming asylum at the US …

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US homelessness surges 18% in 2024 as affordable housing crisis deepens

India Today

The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country, federal officials said Friday. “No American should face homelessness, and the Biden-Harris Administration is committed to ensuring every family has access …

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U.S. homelessness crisis surges to record levels alongside rising rents and immigration

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery More than 770,000 people experienced homelessness in 2024, according to …

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US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people

Associated Press

The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country, federal officials said Friday. “No American should face homelessness, and the Biden-Harris Administration is committed to ensuring every family has access …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Homelessness hit a record high in the US this year

CNN

CNN — Homelessness in the United States soared to the highest level on record, according to government data released Friday. More than 770,000 people experienced homelessness in 2024, an 18% increase from 2023, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development reported. “While this data is nearly a year old and no longer reflects the situation we are seeing, it …

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U.S. homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people

LA Times

The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a rise driven by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country, federal officials said Friday. “No American should face homelessness, and the Biden-Harris Administration is committed to ensuring every family has access to the …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

US homelessness up 18 percent in last year amid cost of living crisis

Al Jazeera

Continued rise in homelessness in the United States driven largely by lack of affordable housing options, experts say. The number of people living in homelessness in the United States has increased by 18 percent over the last year, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development said in a new report. “Our worsening national affordable housing crisis, rising inflation, stagnating …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Healthcare is Newsom’s biggest unfinished project. Trump complicates the task

LA Times

Gavin Newsom has so far failed to fully deliver on his most sweeping healthcare policies. Nearly six years after he took office vowing to be California’s “ health care governor,” Democrat Gavin Newsom has steered tens of billions in public funding to safety net services for the state’s neediest residents while engineering rules to make healthcare more accessible and affordable …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Letters to the Editor: MacArthur Park is where L.A.’s failures are on full display

LA Times

To the editor: I couldn’t help but cry while reading Steve Lopez’s latest column on the intractability of the addiction and homelessness around MacArthur Park. We need leadership from the mayor’s office, the Los Angeles Police Department and the new L.A. County district attorney to eliminate this open-air drug epidemic and criminal activity for good. But when someone is so …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Letters to the Editor: Stop making mandatory drug treatment a civil rights issue

LA Times

To the editor: Steve Lopez has written another fine column on drug addiction and homelessness around MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. Lopez talked to one addict, Aaron, who has overdosed 20 times and doesn’t think rehab would work for him. Another addict told Lopez that the best solution is mandatory detox. Some of the more overly sympathetic among us want …

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In Louisville, Ky., a novel approach to dealing with homelessness

NPR

In Louisville, Ky., a novel approach to dealing with homelessness A group of advocates in Louisville took over an abandoned motel and turned it into a no barrier homeless shelter. Baker says she wasn't really considering sobriety when she first arrived at the Arthur Street Hotel-turned-shelter in February. ROLDAN: Baker says if the staff at the Arthur Street Hotel had …

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Cold weather deaths are on the rise. Climate change could make people more susceptible

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Cold weather deaths more than doubled between 1999 and 2022, with the largest increases occurring after 2016 - when …

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'Shame': Homeless woman was in labor and needed care, but was given ticket instead

Raw Story

"I've got to go to the hospital," a pregnant woman filmed by the Louisville Metro Police Department's body cameras in late September told officers, standing near a mattress beneath a busy overpass. The upcoming trial and the video underscore "both the absurdity and cruelty of anti-camping laws in KY and those cropping up nationwide," said Jesse Rabinowitz of the National …

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NYC to spend $650M on combating homelessness and mental illness

Los Angeles mayor cut fire budget by $17 million months before wildfire: Report

Biden administration bars medical debt from credit scores

Letters to the Editor: These problems will always prevent L.A. from solving homelessness

Trump wants to address homelessness by working with states to ban street camping

Homelessness rises to a record level in America

Editorial: Think twice before breaking up the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority

Mapped: Refugee homelessness on the rise in nearly 100 UK councils

Homeowners have no incentive to sell. Here’s why

Toxic mushrooms drove me out of my house: Film producer says leaky pipe caused catastrophic damage to his flat - forcing him into homelessness and facing a £27,000 accommodation bill

US sees record 18% increase in homelessness in 2024 as buying a house becomes more expensive

Migrant crisis pushes US homelessness to record high in 2024

US homelessness surges 18% in 2024 as affordable housing crisis deepens

U.S. homelessness crisis surges to record levels alongside rising rents and immigration

US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people

Homelessness hit a record high in the US this year

U.S. homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people

US homelessness up 18 percent in last year amid cost of living crisis

Healthcare is Newsom’s biggest unfinished project. Trump complicates the task

Letters to the Editor: MacArthur Park is where L.A.’s failures are on full display

Letters to the Editor: Stop making mandatory drug treatment a civil rights issue

In Louisville, Ky., a novel approach to dealing with homelessness

Cold weather deaths are on the rise. Climate change could make people more susceptible

'Shame': Homeless woman was in labor and needed care, but was given ticket instead