AltWeeklies Wire
Georgia Bungled Response to Downtown Homeless Campnew

Governor should focus on addressing barriers that cause homelessness
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chuck Bowen |
01-18-2012 |
Homelessness
Tags: Homelessness, Homeless in Atlanta
Homelessness in Indianapolisnew

Horizon House's John Joanette estimates between 4,500 and 7,500 people in Marion County experience homelessness every year.
NUVO |
Nathan Brown |
01-18-2012 |
Homelessness
Tags: Homelessness, Indiana Homeless
Hospitality for the Homelessnew

Downtown Orlando church turns front porch into shelter for growing number of homeless.
Orlando Weekly |
Erin Sullivan |
12-30-2011 |
Homelessness
Last-Minute Gift Idea: Build a Homeless Shelternew

Crisis Ministries is $1.2M short of fundraising goal.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
12-23-2011 |
Homelessness
Tags: Homelessness, Crisis Ministries
The Archeology of Homelessnessnew

What does homelessness look like? A slideshow on the archaeology of the homeless in Indianapolis.
NUVO |
Nathan Brown |
12-16-2011 |
Homelessness
Sacramento Tent City Returnsnew

Two years after Oprah, another homeless encampment pops up in downtown Sacramento.
Sacramento News & Review |
Nick Miller |
12-07-2011 |
Homelessness
School Districts Report Upswing in Homeless Studentsnew

Kristina Martinez is well dressed, articulate, and passionate about her chosen profession. As a newly minted teacher with a certificate in special education from Texas A&M University - San Antonio, she had high hopes for herself and her daughter, now eight years old.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
11-23-2011 |
Homelessness
Tags: Homelessness, Homeless Students
San Antonio Mulls Restrictions on Homeless Residentsnew

Over the past month, San Antonio's City Council, with prodding from fed-up downtown business owners and residents, has eyed stricter so-called panhandling laws, designed to crack down on aggressive solicitation.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
11-09-2011 |
Homelessness
Tags: Homelessness
Census Shows Striking Growth in Baltimore Homelessnessnew

Population swells nearly 20 percent in two years; ranks of homeless young people increase 50 percent.
Baltimore City Paper |
Van Smith |
10-21-2011 |
Homelessness
Tags: Homelessness, Baltimore Homeless
Ain't Too Proud to Begnew

Six stories of hardscrabble lives on the streets of Detroit.
Metro Times |
Detroitblogger John |
10-07-2011 |
Homelessness
Welcome to Hopeville, U.S.A.new

An illustrated look at St. Louis's modern-day Hooverville.
Riverfront Times |
Timothy Lane |
09-20-2011 |
Homelessness
Fed Upnew

Controversy over Food Not Bombs is just a distraction from the fact that Orlando's homeless-services agencies are failing those who need them most.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeff Gore |
07-28-2011 |
Homelessness
Tags: Homelessness, Food Not Bombs
Aid on the Asphaltnew

Hitting the streets with Eugene, Oregon's unique Mobile Crisis Intervention Unit known as CAHOOTS.
Eugene Weekly |
Dante Zuniga-West |
06-30-2011 |
Homelessness
Off the Streetsnew

A new initiative aims to get medically vulnerable homeless people into housing.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
05-12-2011 |
Homelessness
To the Streetsnew

Local services collaborate to help out homeless vets in Tucson.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
04-26-2011 |
Homelessness
Tags: Homelessness, Homeless Veterans