Last December, bystanders filmed as a man who allegedly set a homeless woman on fire calmly sat down to watch her die. No one intervened—not even the police officer who strolled by as the woman, later ...

The number of people experiencing homelessness in Chicago increased between 2020 and 2021, according to a new estimate from Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. The group finds that 68,440 people ...

Santa Monica will not count its homeless population in 2021 after Los Angeles County canceled the annual event due to concerns over COVID-19 safety. The federal government allowed Los Angeles County ...

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Close to600, 000people in the U.S. don’t have a home of their own, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.Ofthose in America experiencing homelessness,40 percentof themare living ...

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Indianapolis experienced a slight increase in homelessness from 2023 to 2024, according to this year’s point-in-time tally. The 2024 count was conducted by the Coalition for Homelessness Intervention ...

A tent on the sidewalk underneath the I-405 highway in Los Angeles, California, US, on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. Credit - Mark Abramson—Bloomberg/Getty Images Last December, bystanders filmed as a man who ...

The group finds that 68,440 people experienced homelessness in 2021, a 2,829 increase from the previous year, according to the coalition’s report published Thursday. The research shows shifts in the ...