homelessness

People experiencing homelessness and their advocates said encampments at the parks by 11th Street and Massachusetts Avenue in Northwest, D.C. are likely to be swept by police after complaints from nearby residents.

Residents in a D.C. neighborhood are looking to the federal government to clear homeless encampments near their homes. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

A new homeless shelter for single men, part of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed $120 million budget to fight homelessness, is under construction in D.C., and some of the men building it currently live in the old one.

Mayor Muriel Bowser is proposing more than $120 million in her new budget to fight homelessness. It includes building new shelters, and one of them is already under construction. As News4’s Mark Segraves reports, some of the men building the new shelter currently live in the old one.

Tens of thousands of homeless have been staying in hotels across the U.S. paid for by federal programs aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19

Angel Brown and Angela Brown are two D.C. residents that have spent more than 20 years helping LGBTQ youth who are experiencing homelessness.

News4’s Aimee Cho reports on two women who have dedicated their lives to helping LGBTQ people experiencing homelessness.

Powell, one of the world’s most influential economists, has not yet met with members of the homeless encampment near the Fed in Washington.

The pandemic closed many public spaces like libraries where homeless people could wash their hands, a way to stay safe and reduce the spread of germs. So Love Beyond Walls began distributing portable sinks across 56 cities and 3 countries. Hear from Terence Lester, the group’s founder.

The Department of Human Services partnered with Miriam’s Kitchen to set up a mobile clinic on Wednesday to vaccinate those experiencing homelessness in the District.

In California, the Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission is partnering with the city of Los Angeles to open tiny homes to people struggling with homelessness. Founder and CEO Ken Craft joined NBCLX to explain how tiny homes help restore dignity, safety and a sense of autonomy to its residents.

An L.A. program called Step Up on Second is driven by the philosophy that stable housing is the first step to changing the lives of people struggling with chronic homelessness and mental illness. The program, which was supported by Kobe Bryant before his death, operates a motel-turned-shelter that offers full studio apartments to the people it serves. Among those helped...

Getting COVID-19 vaccines into the arms of all Americans is hard enough. But vaccinating homeless communities poses additional challenges that are even trickier to overcome. They include getting homeless people to mass vaccination sites or bringing the vaccines to the streets, as well as overcoming their mistrust of health officials. Ben Oreskes, a reporter with the Los Angeles Times, joined...

Homelessness is a crisis among young people in the LGBTQ community. The problem is even more pronounced among transgender people — about a third living in the U.S. become homeless at some point in their lives. Casa de Zulma is the first publicly-funded home for trans people trying to get out of homelessness. Yusuf Omar of Hashtag Our Stories...

News4’s Shomari Stone reports on how the count helps determine the resources that are available to people experiencing homelessness.

Scott Sowle and Daniel Buenaventura may have little in common at first glance. Sowle is an advocate for people experiencing homelessness and Buenaventura is a college student studying nursing. But the two men are linked by a chance encounter and a common thread that runs through their lives. Both have turned their greatest grief and hardship into inspiration to spend...

A Maryland woman plans to feed people experiencing homelessness this Christmas, like she has for years. Although the pandemic has changed her tradition, it won’t stop it. Darcy Spencer reports for News4.

Homelessness is poised to surge in the coming weeks and months as Americans face continued economic turbulence and a pandemic-inspired eviction moratorium expires later this month. But vital housing assistance may not be fully available to families that don’t meet the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s definition of “homeless.”

Taylor Swift, Cher, Billie Eilish, LL Cool J and Dolly Parton are adding their voices to Cyndi Lauper’s annual concert to combat youth homelessness, an issue its organizer says has only gotten worse during the pandemic

As the country heads into winter and it becomes more difficult for people experiencing homelessness to safely remain outdoors, shelters face a major challenge preparing for the increased demand the drop in temperatures will bring while observing restrictions to prevent coronavirus outbreaks, NBC News reports. Homeless shelters have had to adapt this year, with most reducing the number of people allowed...