homelessness

Homeless residents often live outdoors in tents in rural Kentucky. Rarely pitched out in the open, like this one in Lexington, most are hidden in thick bushes of wooded areas.

Health & Safety

In Rural Areas, Homeless People Are Harder To Find — And To Help

12:25pm July 04, 2019

by Mary Meehan

Homelessness is often considered an urban problem. But rural Americans often experience homelessness as well. Advocates struggle to reach homeless rural residents and connect them with services.

Rashema Melson gets a hug and has her photo taken with her cousin Anthony Young after the 2019 Georgetown University graduation ceremony.

Education

Once A Homeless D.C. Teen, Now A Georgetown Graduate

5:48pm May 21, 2019

by Audie Cornish

In 2014, Rashema Melson was a homeless high school senior who was awarded a full scholarship to college. Now, she is a graduate of Georgetown University who hopes to return to help her community.

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Jeanne Satterfield, left, and Barbara Parham, stand in front of Boston's Pine Street Inn homeless shelter in October, where they reconnected for the first time in a decade. They plan to return to the shelter next week to help out for the holidays.

National

Reconnecting 10 Years Later 'Was The True Test Of Friendship And Time'

5:10am December 21, 2018

Jeanne Satterfield and Barbara Parham landed in a tight spot after each lost their homes. The two were each other's anchor during a pivotal life transition in a Boston homeless shelter.

14-year-old Caydden Zimmerman has been living in a homeless shelter in Boise, Idaho, for a couple of months with his 11-year-old brother and his grandma. About 2.5 million children in America are homeless.

Trying Not To Break Down — A Homeless Teen Navigates Middle School

2:49pm October 09, 2018

by Amanda Peacher

About 2.5 million children in America are homeless. In Boise, Idaho, 14-year-old Caydden Zimmerman struggles with the anxieties of middle school while living in a homeless shelter.

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Anthony Torres poses for a photograph at his brother's home in Atco, N.J., after revealing he was the man caught in a viral video shaving on a train.

National

Man Mocked For Shaving On Train Says He Was Leaving Homeless Shelter

3:17pm September 18, 2018

by Amy Held

The public grooming caught on tape made Anthony Torres the butt of jokes. Now he tells The Associated Press he had just gotten out of a shelter and didn't want family to see him looking unkempt.

Housing Advocates In Greensboro Push For Change

4:11pm August 30, 2018

by Bethany Chafin

A group of housing nonprofits and community members met in downtown Greensboro Wednesday to address eviction, homelessness and affordable rent.

Politics & Government

Advocates Say Greensboro's New Panhandling Ordinances Are Still Problematic

4:05pm August 15, 2018

by Sean Bueter

Advocates for the homeless say the latest panhandling ordinances passed by the Greensboro City Council are still unconstitutional.

Advocates File Suit Against Greensboro's New Panhandling Law

3:21pm August 08, 2018

by Sean Bueter

Advocates for the homeless are taking the City of Greensboro to court over a recently-pa

A city sanitation worker sweeps a street in downtown San Francisco. The city says it is expecting to spend nearly $75 million this year on its street cleaning budget due to an increase in human waste, used syringes and giant mounds of trash.

National

San Francisco Squalor: City Streets Strewn With Trash, Needles And Human Feces

4:28pm August 01, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

The city's streets are so filthy that at least one infectious disease expert has compared San Francisco to some of the dirtiest slums in the world.

Mayor-elect London Breed waves before speaking to reporters on Wednesday outside City Hall in San Francisco.

San Francisco Elects City's First African-American Female Mayor

10:27am June 14, 2018

by Daniella Cheslow

London Breed is a native San Franciscan who grew up in public housing. Her opponent, a former state senator, would have been the city's first openly gay mayor.