Homelessness

Homelessness is at the top of the agenda for candidates in mayoral races across the U.S. West. But they differ on whether it’s OK to clear encampments that have spread as the crisis has deepened and how much to rely on temporary housing.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that city laws which punish homeless people who sleep outside are constitutional and do not violate the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

A 12-year-old boy from Worcester is giving back to those in need, helping kids in shelters with one Easter basket at a time. Josh Sowden’s wish is to give every kid a very Happy Easter and he’s doing just that. All by making and donating baskets full of goodies to kids living in shelters. “I feel very happy knowing...

He calls his own situation a “double-whammy.” Warren Magee is disabled and survived three years of homelessness. His journey brought him to the Barbara McGinnis House.  That’s part of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) where he was able to receive ongoing medical care until he could move into a place of his own.  “It’s been...

About 653,000 people were homeless, the most since the country began using the yearly point-in-time survey in 2007.

The man charged Monday with the serial murders of three homeless men around Los Angeles, and the follow-home robbery and murder of an LA County employee in San Dimas, was the recipient of a $700,000 personal injury payment in recent months, court records and city officials confirmed.

An arrest has been made in the killing of three homeless men in the last week, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a press conference Saturday.

At least 73 people are dead and dozens more injured after a fire ripped through a five-story building in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Boston City Council quietly moved one of the most-talked-about issues in the city into its legislative process Wednesday with little discussion in the chamber, rejecting an attempt to immediately adopt the mayor’s strategy for addressing encampments in an area that’s at the center of the state’s opioid epidemic. The council sent an ordinance from Mayor Michelle Wu related...

It all started with an idea from a young woman volunteering in a homeless shelter in the Boston area.  She was shocked and a bit shaken to see a closet filled with high-quality, saleable art. Then her creativity kicked in.  Liz Powers and her brother Spencer launched ArtLifting. The premise: to help artists who are disabled or housing insecure lift themselves...

For over 20 years, Citizens has supported nonprofits giving back to the community through their ‘Champions in Action’ program. This year, they recognized ‘Breaktime,’ an organization that strives to break the cycle of young adult homelessness. Connor Schoen, cofounder, shares how Breaktime is offering career, financial support and classes to achieve this goal.

A recent Boston College graduate is back at it, walking hundreds of miles for 19 days straight.  It’s all to raise awareness and money to end homelessness.  Just weeks ago, NBC10 Boston featured Gordon Wayne’s mission to raise awareness about homelessness and its impacts. Wayne was unhoused after high school, but he found the support to attend classes at...

In the midst of a housing crisis, many in Massachusetts are in need of more support.

Ronald Geddes has lived in this South End apartment in Boston for more than a year and a half. “So I got my air fryer here, I got my microwave here, my coffeemaker. And I got plenty of cabinet space” he says showing us around. If you look out the window, you can see where he used to live. “I…

A Boston College graduate who was once homeless is now on a selfless mission.

About 76% of people who have experienced homelessness in the last year are newly unhoused, according to the Central Mass Housing Alliance.

On a cold morning in Lowell, Massachusetts, outreach worker Alex Medina walks along the banks of the Merrimack River looking for familiar faces. He walks up a hill into a wooded area with multiple tents. For some of the folks out there, he’s the closest thing they have to a support system. Medina visits almost a dozen of these...