Articles for Homeless Individuals

Ensure that homeless aren’t denied access to night shelters, civil society groups urge DUSIB
2 weeks ago

Ensure that homeless aren’t denied access to night shelters, civil society groups urge DUSIB

The Hindu  

Over 20 civil society groups on Wednesday wrote to the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board, seeking its urgent intervention to ensure that homeless persons are not denied access to night shelters for not being able to produce Aadhaar cards or share their cell phone numbers. “With Delhi experiencing one of its coldest winters in 14 years, with temperatures dropping to …

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Amsterdam launches pilot program to offer faster debt relief for economically homeless
11 months, 1 week ago

Amsterdam launches pilot program to offer faster debt relief for economically homeless

NL Times  

In an effort to help financially struggling residents, the city of Amsterdam launched a new pilot program to assist 100 "economically homeless" individuals with debts exceeding 2,200 euros. The standard 18-month debt repayment period is shortened to 12 months, while a portion of the debt is forgiven when participants meet predetermined goals related to financial literacy, employment, or securing stable …

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California leaders, beleaguered by homelessness crisis, want more power to clear camps
1 year, 3 months ago

California leaders, beleaguered by homelessness crisis, want more power to clear camps

LA Times  

A tense debate across the American West over whether homeless people should be allowed to sleep in public has created some strange bedfellows in California. The decision reiterated a ruling from 2018, when the 9th Circuit found that the 8th Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment “prohibits the imposition of criminal penalties for sitting, sleeping, or lying outside on …

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Costa Mesa and Newport Beach look ahead to decreasing homelessness after shelter’s first year
2 years, 7 months ago

Costa Mesa and Newport Beach look ahead to decreasing homelessness after shelter’s first year

LA Times  

The bridge shelter in Costa Mesa earlier this month. In the year since Costa Mesa and Newport Beach opened a permanent 72-bed bridge shelter on Costa Mesa’s Airway Avenue, officials say the facility is playing a critical role in helping people move off the streets and back onto their feet. Natalie Basmaciyan, a homelessness coordinator for the city of Newport …

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L.A. voters back a right to shelter, but are wary of taxes to pay for it, new poll finds
3 years, 1 month ago

L.A. voters back a right to shelter, but are wary of taxes to pay for it, new poll finds

LA Times  

Los Angeles County voters broadly support a legal right to shelter for all but offer tepid backing for new taxes that might pay for it, a new poll finds. The new poll, conducted by the Los Angeles Business Council Institute in cooperation with The Times, found that a significant majority of voters, 58%, said they believed the region can solve …

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Supreme Court confronts homeless crisis and whether there’s a right to sleep on the sidewalk
5 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court confronts homeless crisis and whether there’s a right to sleep on the sidewalk

LA Times  

The Supreme Court meets Friday to consider for the first time whether the Constitution gives homeless people a right to sleep on the sidewalk. The appeals court’s opinion quoted Anatole France’s famous comment that “the law, in all its majestic equality, forbids the rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges,” and from there, it announced a principle of human …

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Settlement ends 18-month battle surrounding Orange County homeless lawsuit
5 years, 5 months ago

Settlement ends 18-month battle surrounding Orange County homeless lawsuit

LA Times  

U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter takes photos at a homeless encampment along the Santa Ana River in Anaheim in 2018. His signature ends an 18-month legal battle that started with a lawsuit filed in January 2018 that blocked the county’s effort to clear homeless people who have set up camp along the Santa Ana River trail and prevent …

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