Homelessness

Sister Mary Scullion speaks to NBC10’s Lucy Bustamante about Project HOME’s mission to help end homelessness and poverty. The Philadelphia nonprofit’s “Bring Philly HOME” celebration features a week of events, that features Jon Bon Jovi and many others.

Covid-19 has exacerbated housing issues for many people. Now, one program is testing what happens if the homeless are given monthly guaranteed income.

A new eviction moratorium from the CDC has confused some renters. Here’s what to know if you’re worried about losing your housing.

Victory Brewing is helping support Back on my Feet’s mission of ending homelessness through sales of its Brotherly Love Hazy IPA. Philly Live’s Aunyea Lachelle learns more about the partnership.

Allentown Councilmember Cecilia “Ce-Ce” Gerlach has been charged with child endangerment for allegedly taking a runaway teenager to a homeless camp when the young person sought help, the county district attorney said.

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

Bethesda Project CEO Tina Pagotto talks to NBC10’s Lucy Bustamante about how the nonprofit’s mission of helping homeless people in Center City Philadelphia continues through the coronavirus pandemic.

Hollywood and Broadway are coming together for Night of Covenant House Stars, a special virtual concert sponsored by Kia. The concert will include powerhouse performers uniting to sing and share a message of inspiration for young people who are battling homelessness.

Hollywood and Broadway are coming together for Night of Covenant House Stars, a special virtual concert sponsored by Kia. The concert will include powerhouse performers uniting to sing and share a message of inspiration for young people who are battling 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.

Officials in the Lehigh Valley are working to fight homelessness through their Hope Village project which includes a 64-square foot space with room for beds, electrical ports, and air conditioning, to help people get back on their feet. NBC10’s Steven Fisher reports.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.”

Some were concerned about moving hotel residents to double rooms where the coronavirus could more easily spread.

The city promised that no one would be left out on the streets in the coronavirus pandemic as a result of the move. Activists protested the decision saying the options offered were less safe.