Tag: homelessness
Austin Begins Enforcing Homeless Camping Ban; Rest of Texas to Follow
On August 9, the city of Austin began enforcing a public camping ban first ...
Homeless New Yorkers Fight for Their Rights as Hotel Evictions Continue
Winston Tokuhisa first became homeless in 2006, at the age of 20. Since then, ...
Questions Linger Over California’s Record Homelessness Funding
On July 19, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a $12 billion funding package to ...
Texas State-Run HIV Meds Program Survives Funding Crisis, But Uncertainty Remains
After months of keeping participants in the dark, a Texas state-run program that covers the ...
Scapegoating of Chesa Boudin Reflects Ugly Attitudes to Unhoused People
A few years back, an article describing Fayetteville made the small North Carolina city ...
NYC Raises Value of Rental Assistance Vouchers, Expands Eligibility
With an end to the city’s eviction moratorium looming in September, the New York ...
LA County to Target Naloxone Distribution to Unhoused Residents
With a rising rate of opioid-involved overdose deaths among unhoused residents, the Los Angeles ...
“Devastating” West Virginia Law Could Practically End Syringe Provision
Over 1,200 West Virginians died of overdose in 2020, new data show—a 45 percent ...
Drug Users Welcome: An Oklahoma City Shelter’s Encouraging Approach
On April 6, Oklahoma City opened its only low-threshold night shelter for people experiencing ...
NYC Mayoral Forum Grills Candidates on Decriminalization and Overdose
Even before COVID-19 hit the city hard, New York’s elected officials failed for years ...
