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Apr 03 2024
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Homeless sheltering program costing less than projected
Cecilia Montielh gets emotional as she looks at her own hotel room where she will be able to stay for 90 days in Denver due to a city program providing shelter to people. Photo: Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Why it matters: The discrepancy still prompted criticism from Denver City Council members, who want the mayor's staff to provide clarity on how money
AxiosApr 17 2024
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How an advocate says Boise police skirt ban on ticketing homeless people for camping
Michael Young, who has been homeless in Boise for over two years, spent his nights for a year sleeping along the Boise River. He typically slept without a tent in either a hammock or on the ground, whether by the river or near city streets. After a particularly rough day on the streets in February, Young finally decided to use a tent he had. The next day, Young woke up to a Boise police
Idaho StatesmanApr 16 2024
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Denver shutting down homeless encampment without shelter to offer for the first time in months
City crews on Tuesday morning began shutting down a homeless encampment in Denver’s western Lincoln Park neighborhood due to public safety concerns including three overdose deaths and more than two dozen felony arrests there over the last few months, according to city officials. Cleanup work at the encampment centered on the intersection of West Eighth Avenue and Navajo Street is expected to
The Denver PostMar 26 2024
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Organizations ramp up homelessness services in Northwest Arkansas
A room at the 7Hills emergency shelter has four beds. Photo: Alex Golden/Axios Northwest Arkansas has a new emergency overnight shelter for people experiencing homelessness, the latest move by NWA organizations trying to help unhoused residents find permanent homes. Why it matters: People who are constantly searching for a place to sleep and their next meal often can't think past those
AxiosApr 13 2024
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Businesses along East Lake Street are feeling the weight of a growing homeless encampment.
MINNEAPOLIS — Its business as usual inside A & J Fish and Chicken but owner Jamal Tashtoush says the last two weeks have been rough. "You come not knowing what to expect especially now, it's more than nervous I'm kind of scared," Tashtoush said. Tashtoush believes crime has gone up and sales have gone down because of a homeless encampment that popped up behind his restaurant. "I can feel
CBS News (Online)Apr 10 2024
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Audit: California Doesn’t Know Cost of its Own Homeless Programs
On Tuesday, an audit determined that the state of California does not even know the full cost of its numerous homelessness programs, even after spending billions of dollars on such efforts. According to the Daily Caller, the report by the State Auditor’s office revealed that the California Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH) “has not consistently tracked and evaluated” its own attempts
American GreatnessApr 10 2024
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California's effort to combat homelessness fails to curb rising unhoused population
NPR Fact CheckApr 01 2024
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Mobile court helps resolve criminal charges for homeless
AUSTIN (KXAN) – In its pilot program, a mobile court helped nearly 400 people experiencing homelessness check to see if they had an active court case. The Downtown Austin Community Court piloted its mobile court program from October 2023 to February 2024 to help Austin’s homeless resolve criminal charges to avoid warrants and access services. “We wanted to be able to provide the services we
KXAN NewsMar 18 2024
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Malibu Clears Sweetwater Mesa Homeless Encampment
City staff worked with the TreePeople Land Trust on March 5 to clear the encampment, which included "large amounts" of wooden pallets, tarps, desks, wagons, clothes and other debris, according to city officials.
"The people living at the site were offered services and housing assistance. City staff continues to work with our state, county, and community partners to ensure homeless
Patch.comApr 05 2024
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Anchorage Assembly to vote on proposed new rules for homeless camping
The Anchorage Assembly is set to consider an ordinance that would place new restrictions on homeless camping and give the city more power to tear down encampments in some cases — and more quickly — even when there are no shelter beds open. The proposed measure is significantly scaled back from the initial version, which Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration proposed last month, following two
Anchorage Daily News