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'Sesame Street' takes on homelessness

New initiative to raise awareness of child homelessness features Lily, a character first introduced in 2011 to address food insecurity.




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Antarctic clothing to help ease cold for Hobart homeless

The Australian Antarctic Division is donating surplus extreme-cold weather clothing and equipment to Hobart City Mission for people sleeping rough this winter.




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Help Save a Patient and a Homeless Pet in Just an Hour!

Stanford Blood Center "Give Good" Campaign Benefits Patients and Local Shelter, Humane Society Silicon Valley




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Justice Department Files Brief to Address the Criminalization of Homelessness




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As Minneapolis homeless camp raises health alarms, officials move to contain its spread

Citing urgent public health concerns, Metro Transit authorities are moving to contain the spread of a large and growing homeless encampment near the light-rail line in south Minneapolis.




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'Camp Quarantine' homeless encampment grows during the pandemic

What began in March as a small camp consisting of about a couple dozen homeless adults has now swelled to more than 100 residents in tents. Known as "Camp Quarantine," the fast-growing encampment has raised alarms over the health of the camp residents amid the coronavirus pandemic. Construction crews will begin installing a large metal fence around a homeless camp. Police are also expected to be on site too. The fence is being erected to contain the growth of the sprawling camp, which now has about 100 residents in rows of tents. The camp is located on Met Council property along the light-rail line near E. 28th Street and Hiawatha Avenue.




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Traumatic brain injury in homeless and marginally housed individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Homelessness is a global public health concern, and traumatic brain injury (TBI) could represent an underappreciated factor in the health trajectories of homeless and marginally housed individuals. We aimed to evaluate the lifetime prevalence of TBI in this population, and to summarise findings on TBI incidence and the association between TBI and health-related or functioning-related outcomes.




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'We obviously have a Camp Hope 2.0-type situation': photos from Thursday night's homeless camp police confrontation

At around 5:30 pm on Thursday, there were two camps of people set up in Coeur d'Alene Park in Browne's Addition.…



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SF’s Lava Mae Brings Showers, ‘Radical Hospitality’ to Oakland Homeless Encampments

The organization sets up at 27th Street and Northgate Avenue and at 6th and Castro streets. Blair Hippolyte and Jannie Rutledge, two Oakland residents who are homeless, sat on the sidewalk of 27th Street.…



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Thugs slash tyres of Help the Homeless charity van slammed as “mindless vandals”

THUGS who slashed tyres on a van used by a homeless charity have been slammed as “mindless vandals”.





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Golf day a GR8 success for homeless services

Fundraising day will help provide assistance for region's vulnerable sleepers.






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Downtown Phoenix homeless shelter has first known COVID-19 case

An individual who had been staying at Arizona's largest homeless shelter tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.

       




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Homeless Isolation Shelter In Colorado Springs Expects Coronavirus Testing Uptick

The isolation shelter at the Colorado Springs City Auditorium for people experiencing homelessness and COVID-19 symptoms has seen around 30 people since opening April 5. At this time, it's unknown if they were positive for the new coronavirus. Jennifer Mariano, director of homeless programs with Community Health Partnership , said the location recently received COVID-19 testing supplies, and will begin testing people this week.




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Sheltering Homeless Residents / Coronavirus Measures In Europe / Religious Services Go Virtual

We'll hear from San Francisco supervisors on the challenges the city is facing moving some unhoused residents into hotels to shelter from the pandemic. Then, we go to Europe and get the latest on the coronavirus situation there. And, religious communities can’t gather in person, but they’re still meeting up online.




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Home and Homelessness

This month’s episode explores what it means to be displaced or without a home. Our new roundtable participants ask: How do we define “home”? Is it a house? Is it family, a sense of community? Is it a place or a feeling? The discussants share their perspectives, from the practical concerns of living on the...




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Watch: 11 stories of home and homelessness, from people who’ve seen it up close


Homelessness looks different for everyone. For some, it’s living in your car. For others, it’s couch-surfing, or sleeping in a tent or under a bridge. For the 11 speakers at our recent storytelling event, Stories About Home, it’s looked like all of these things and more.




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Homelessness: No more ‘business as usual’


“Coronavirus pushed Seattle to treat homelessness differently. Will those changes last?” [May 3, Project Homeless]: Greater than the fear engendered by exposure to the coronavirus, we are facing our society’s unwillingness to address growing economic inequality. It has taken an extreme crisis for local government to take action that has long been in its grasp. […]




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Homelessness: Spend the right way


Re: “Our homelessness crisis is urgent, tragic — and completely solvable” [April 24, Opinion]: The authors, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Diane Yentel, propose a “Housing is a Human Right Act” taxing and spending $200 billion over 10 years in housing and homelessness services. No details are offered in this solution except block grants that […]




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Homelessness: No more ‘business as usual’


“Coronavirus pushed Seattle to treat homelessness differently. Will those changes last?” [May 3, Project Homeless]: Greater than the fear engendered by exposure to the coronavirus, we are facing our society’s unwillingness to address growing economic inequality. It has taken an extreme crisis for local government to take action that has long been in its grasp. […]




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Will we go back? From Seattle’s homeless ‘emergency’ to airline fees, the coronavirus is making a new reality.


The news that Seattle and King County have put up 1,900 emergency shelter beds for the homeless in the last three weeks makes you wonder: Why didn't they do that when they declared a homelessness emergency four years ago? It's one of the many issues being suddenly cast in a new light by the pandemic.




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Curling concerns, homeless memorials and 2010 Olympics gold ski cross

Quebec bonspiel organizers and concerns about future of curling, Kelowna B.C. memorializing homeless and Ashleigh McIvor on her 2010 gold medal memories



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'I'd rather sleep on the street': Homeless cancer patient scared to stay in Toronto's shelters amid COVID-19

Robert Boast, a homeless 60-year-old Toronto man with incurable prostate and colon cancer, told White Coat, Black Art that he is more frightened of catching COVID-19 than dying from cancer.




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House-sitting on the rise for older people in financial stress or on verge of homelessness

Sue Prince turned to house-sitting when her home was repossessed but advocates say the trend could be hiding the true picture of homelessness in Australia.




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Tasmania news: Police search for fruit tree thief, council throws out homeless man's belongings

DAILY BRIEFING: The search is on for a thief who stole a "large quantity" of citrus trees, while the Launceston City Council "sincerely apologises" to a homeless man




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Mandurah's waterfront hotels and houses mask a homelessness crisis on the foreshore

Rapid population growth in the city of Mandurah south of Perth sees an equally steep hike in the number of people sleeping rough, forcing the council to reach out for help to contain the growing problem.




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Homeless man turns council candidate to fight for human rights and people in need

Mark Wadeson was sleeping rough and battling cancer and overzealous council workers now his life is looking up and he's keen to be a voice for the underdogs.




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Hotel Corona: How the pandemic could fix homelessness

People experiencing homelessness are being moved from the street and shelters into four-star hotels. The radical plan is meant to protect them from the pandemic and it's temporary. But as Hagar Cohen discovers, there are questions about what happens once the virus crisis is over.




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Pilot plan to house homeless people in Perth city hotels axed after more than half walk out

A program to house homeless individuals in Perth hotels is abandoned after more than half the 20 people who were given accommodation at the start of the scheme chose to leave early.




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Sheds offer hope to those left homeless by northern NSW bushfires

Free sheds are being built for those with nothing, in a creative approach to disaster recovery that is changing lives and putting a smile back on faces of despair.




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Homelessness hard enough, then coronavirus makes sleeping rough even more dangerous

The COVID-19 pandemic has made life on the streets more difficult than ever and despite government promises to help, Lionel says he has been "hearing that for a long time and nothing happens".




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Melbourne women's homelessness stories brought to stage in bid to boost social housing

Six formerly homeless women bring their stories to the stage in Melbourne in a play they hope will galvanise the community to demand politicians invest more in social housing.



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uniting homeless

A tight rental market and rising cost of living is stretching homelessness services beyond their budgeted capacity.




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crockford homeless

A tight rental market and rising cost of living is stretching homelessness services beyond their budgeted capacity.




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Homeless and emergency housing stretched to double its capacity in freezing Victorian city

Budget cuts, funding freezes, and tight rental markets put pressure on homeless services as more people end up on the street.




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uniting homeless

A tight rental market and rising cost of living is stretching homelessness services beyond their budgeted capacity.




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Homelessness in regional, rural areas outpace cities as domestic violence, drought tightens grip

The dishevelled older man on a city street is no longer accurate as a homeless stereotype with women, youth and regional families falling below the poverty line.




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Women are the hidden victims of homelessness but it isn't just a case of sleeping rough

The number of older women experiencing homelessness has surged in recent years, with divorce, pay disparity and a lack of superannuation culminating in a "perfect storm" of gender disadvantage.




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Mascot Towers residents told to seek help from Salvation Army if they're homeless

Mascot Towers building management tells residents who were evacuated on Friday night after cracks were found in the Sydney apartment building to seek help from the Salvation Army if they are facing financial hardship.




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Homeless teen Samantha in Narooma




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Narooma's young and homeless forced to live in a tent in their popular sea-change town

Narooma is a haven for holidaymakers and sea-changers, but many young people are finding it impossible to rent in their own home town.




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Anglicare Eurobodalla Homeless Support Service Coordinator Krystal Tritton




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Homeless man sleeping in skip bin in Kerang accidentally tipped into garbage truck

A homeless man suffers a broken tooth and sore back after falling more than 2 metres when the skip bin he was sleeping in was tipped up and into the back of a garbage truck at Kerang, in northern Victoria.




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Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill says homelessness charities 'enable' people to live in parks by providing food

Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill says homelessness charities providing food and laundry services are "enabling people to live a lifestyle" without doing anything to stop antisocial behaviour.




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Homeless people become tenants in rental properties with mentor support to stay off the streets

A program supporting the homeless with a mentor once they're housed is being hailed as a way to reduce the number of people sleeping rough.




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Art therapy offers hope to homeless amid calls for government to do more

People who experience homelessness are more likely to be exposed to trauma, but experts say creative therapies could help them heal.




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Gold Coast homeless kids get helping hugs in unique project to get them off streets

In some of the darkest corners of the Gold Coast, a hug from police liaison officer Saga Selsby can be life-changing.



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Tiny house crowdfunding project helps vulnerable women in homeless hotspot

A New South Wales community has a new plan for addressing the region's skyrocketing homelessness especially for vulnerable women.



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