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2 days, 14 hours ago

The time for excuses is over. L.A.'s MacArthur Park needs a champion now

LA Times

Early one morning in Westlake, as neighborhood children walked to school, I spotted a woman heading in my direction. They were walking on Bonnie Brae Street, a couple blocks east of MacArthur Park, where it’s not uncommon to see people who are either asleep or passed out, with syringes and needles scattered about. “No one should be dying on our …

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3 days, 3 hours ago

'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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3 days, 17 hours ago

Portland, Oregon, swears in new government and mayor who campaigned to end homelessness

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. — A businessman with no experience in public office is taking over as mayor of Oregon’s biggest city as it embraces an entirely new system of government — one that’s so different, the City Council chambers had to be completely renovated. “Now it’s time for Portland’s new leadership to meet the moment we now face and solve the …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Elon Musk calls homelessness a ‘lie’ and ‘propaganda’ — and Trump is listening

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. Trump, meanwhile, says people experiencing homelessness should be forced into treatment or mental institutions …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Letters to the Editor: I live in Venice. Put more homeless housing in my neighborhood

LA Times

Protesters in Venice on July 13 call on L.A. city leaders to help homeless people who they say are being banished from the Westside. To the editor: One of the main reasons I voted for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was that she seemed totally committed to ending the homelessness crisis in our city. I find it odd and disappointing …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Most homeless people in big cities and Almere, fewest in Assen

NL Times

The number of homeless people differs strongly per region, Statistics Netherlands discovered when studying the number of people who slept in a shelter location last year. CBS studied the number of registered homeless people in 35 different regions for the first time in connection with the government’s goal for everyone to have a home by 2030. Compared to the number …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Can ordinary citizens solve our toughest problems?

Associated Press

BEND, OREGON — Eliza Wilson is a little nervous as she draws the microphone close, but she is determined to share her life story. “I first experienced homelessness when I was 5 years old.” Wilson, who’s 36, leads programs focused on unhoused youth. In Colorado’s Montrose County, enacting an assembly’s bold ideas for improving rural day care has been “more …

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2 weeks ago

New figures show more than 15 per cent of homeless people have a job

ABC

Sabra Lane: The latest report card on homelessness has found numbers continue to grow. Stephanie Smail : That daily struggle is mirrored in the latest findings of the Australian Homelessness Monitor, which shows there's been a more than 30 per cent spike in the number of Australians aged over 65 who are homeless in the past six years. Stephanie Smail …

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2 weeks ago

Assad flees to Russia as rule over Syria ends

ABC

Sabra Lane: Good morning. Sabra Lane: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered Israeli troops into the buffer zone between Syria and Israeli-occupied territory, claiming he's concerned the chaos in Syria could threaten Israel. Jane Norman: And that presents risk, he says, when 90 per cent of the nation's coal-fired power stations are on track to exit the grid within 10 …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Prince William makes cheeky quip to head chef as he helps serve Christmas lunch at homelessness charity he first visited with Princess Diana

Daily Mail

Prince William has shared a video of his visit to a homeless charity last week - where he helped serve up a festive lunch to those in need. Prince William pictured with Claudette Hawkins, head chef at homelessness charity The Passage, last week The royal and the head chef enjoyed a warm embrace, in which William wished Claudette Hawkins a …

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3 weeks ago

Mall plays viral Baby Shark song on loop to annoy homeless people, faces backlash for ‘cruel’ move

Hindustan Times

A shopping mall in Montreal is facing backlash after using the popular children's song Baby Shark to keep away homeless people from taking shelter in its emergency exit staircases. What the mall said Complexe Desjardins, which owns the mall and the office towers in the area, has been playing the music for one year to respond to "security issues" involving …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Opinion: On homelessness, liberal California and the ultraconservative Supreme Court largely agree

LA Times

What does a small, solidly Republican city in Oregon have in common with California’s largest liberal enclaves? California’s response to the ruling has become a vivid reminder of not just the intractability of the homelessness epidemic but also the tension between national liberal politics and local policy in Democratic-dominated states and cities. Roughly 84% of the state’s voters believe homelessness …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Hilarious meltdown of pro-crime Portland activist after her iPhone was stolen 'by vagrants'

Daily Mail

A pro-crime Portland liberal was filmed pleading with homeless men that they should only target 'rich scum' after her iPhone was stolen. A pro-crime Portland activist is seen begging vagrants to give her iPhone back because she is not rich Dahlgren later reported that, despite her pleas, the woman did not get her phone back from the men, one of …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

A radical reshaping of L.A. County’s homeless services system is proposed

LA Times

Los Angeles City Council President Paul Krekorian, from right, and L.A. County Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Kathryn Barger join other volunteers to count the homeless in North Hollywood on Jan. 23. Responding to long-standing dissatisfaction over the effectiveness of homelessness programs, Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Kathryn Barger are proposing a new county department that would take over hundreds of millions …

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L.A. County supervisors approve plan to study homeless services overhaul

LA Times

“We’re not criminals,” said Keith Aaron Robinson, 44, who has been living in Skid Row for more than five years. “It is time to take the hard but necessary steps to double down on transparency and accountability on homelessness by creating a county department where we have direct oversight.” Supervisor Holly Mitchell abstained, saying she does not think creating a …

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1 month ago

Regional homeless out of sight, out of mind for WA government, say locals

ABC

Six months ago, Robert Denison finally got some rest. WA's Department of Communities, which owns the lot, said the building had been "unable to be refurbished to be brought up to modern standard". Housing support worker Deirdre Lechleitner said people often came to Broome from remote Indigenous communities to access medical services at the hospital and found themselves with nowhere …

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1 month ago

Nearly half of L.A.’s record homelessness budget went unspent, city controller finds

LA Times

Mayor Karen Bass, left, chats with Jawonna Smith before Smith was moved from a tent to a motel under the Inside Safe program. Nearly half of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ record $1.3-billion homelessness budget for fiscal 2023-24 went unspent, an analysis by the city controller found. According to Mejia, the city spent or encumbered only about 30% of its …

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1 month ago

Fresno has a homelessness problem. So why are its leaders rejecting state-funded housing?

LA Times

Dez Martinez greeted the homeless dwellers of Santa Clara Street on a recent October afternoon with open arms and a warm smile. “We’re hurting, we’re suffering, and we’re losing all hope.” City officials, conversely, champion the camping ban, saying public spaces have been cleared of trash and more homeless people are being connected with treatment and shelter beds. Still, some …

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1 month ago

Trump takes a hard line on homelessness. Why L.A. Mayor Karen Bass hopes to find common ground

LA Times

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to arrest thousands of homeless people sleeping in American streets and move them to large tent cities on “inexpensive land,” one of several planks of his agenda that would upend a national strategy that focuses on finding people housing on a voluntary basis. But Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who is trying to combat one …

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1 month ago

Restrictions lifted on missile strikes inside Russia

ABC

Sabra Lane: Good morning. Sabra Lane: Joe Biden's decision to allow long-range missile strikes into Russia is a hot topic in Brazil. Sabra Lane: That's Kate Colvin from Homelessness Australia ending Isobel Roe's report. Peter Lusted: The CEO of the Australian Banking Association, Anna Bligh, says that's part of a considerable decline in the use of cash. Sabra Lane: That's …

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1 month ago

Why involuntary medical admission and treatment won’t solve homelessness

Salon

The housing crisis is pushing more and more people onto the streets. government has announced that it will expand involuntary care to keep people and communities “safe.” Baseless arguments The arguments made by advocates for involuntary treatments aren’t supported by science. Second, involuntary treatment proponents make an association between mental health/addiction and public safety, suggesting that people with mental health …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Community garden growing wellbeing and purpose among vulnerable young people at risk of homelessness

ABC

Hailie Hansen and Xander Parker, both 19, live in an affordable apartment complex in Adelaide's inner south-west. "I think it's so important for every young person to have people in their world who care about them and support them," she said. "A lot of our young people haven't had the opportunity to have parents or people be able to teach …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Redondo Beach hits a homelessness milestone (with an asterisk)

LA Times

Lila Omura, a Redondo Beach housing navigator, lets Karen Ford into her new room in Wilmington on Oct. 11. “Since 2017, on a per capita homelessness rate, the city … has dropped from 11th to 51st among county’s 56 cities that had homeless people,” Doug wrote, citing a newsroom analysis of homeless count data. Doug notes that the South Bay …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Editorial: L.A. County voters agreed to another tax to reduce homelessness. Let’s make sure it does

LA Times

Los Angeles County got a gift from voters: They passed Measure A, a half-cent-per-dollar sales tax that will provide a billion dollars a year for services and housing for homeless people. It’s imperative that L.A. city and county officials and civic leaders use that money efficiently and transparently to get people the help and housing they need. The county made …

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The time for excuses is over. L.A.'s MacArthur Park needs a champion now

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

Portland, Oregon, swears in new government and mayor who campaigned to end homelessness

Elon Musk calls homelessness a ‘lie’ and ‘propaganda’ — and Trump is listening

Letters to the Editor: I live in Venice. Put more homeless housing in my neighborhood

Most homeless people in big cities and Almere, fewest in Assen

Can ordinary citizens solve our toughest problems?

New figures show more than 15 per cent of homeless people have a job

Assad flees to Russia as rule over Syria ends

Prince William makes cheeky quip to head chef as he helps serve Christmas lunch at homelessness charity he first visited with Princess Diana

Mall plays viral Baby Shark song on loop to annoy homeless people, faces backlash for ‘cruel’ move

Opinion: On homelessness, liberal California and the ultraconservative Supreme Court largely agree

Hilarious meltdown of pro-crime Portland activist after her iPhone was stolen 'by vagrants'

A radical reshaping of L.A. County’s homeless services system is proposed

L.A. County supervisors approve plan to study homeless services overhaul

Regional homeless out of sight, out of mind for WA government, say locals

Nearly half of L.A.’s record homelessness budget went unspent, city controller finds

Fresno has a homelessness problem. So why are its leaders rejecting state-funded housing?

Trump takes a hard line on homelessness. Why L.A. Mayor Karen Bass hopes to find common ground

Restrictions lifted on missile strikes inside Russia

Why involuntary medical admission and treatment won’t solve homelessness

Community garden growing wellbeing and purpose among vulnerable young people at risk of homelessness

Redondo Beach hits a homelessness milestone (with an asterisk)

Editorial: L.A. County voters agreed to another tax to reduce homelessness. Let’s make sure it does