Author name: Michel Degive

Advocates Say the Decision Reinforces First Amendment Protections Amid a Nationwide Push to Criminalize Homelessness Advocates celebrated on March 2 after the Supreme Court declined to hear a case challenging a basic right of people experiencing homelessness — the right to ask for help. The Supreme Court decided not to hear an appeal filed by […]

As LA Preps for the 2028 Olympics, History Suggests the City May Once Again Sweep Homelessness Out of Sight Instead of Solving It Los Angeles is a city in which the stark disparity between the “haves” and the “have-nots” is constantly on display. Some people live in multi-million-dollar mansions, while others, just blocks away, sleep

Advocates Say the Death of Tyrah Adams Was Preventable and Are Demanding Transparency and Accountability On the morning of Feb. 12, a Louisville Metro Solid Waste truck pulled into an alley in the Russell neighborhood for what city officials later described as a routine cleanup. Minutes later, Tyrah Adams — a 35-year-old woman who had

Foster Youth Across the U.S. Are Aging into Homelessness, and Housing Failures Are at the Center In some parts of the United States, foster children are sleeping in government buildings and even jails. If no foster homes are available, some agencies assign children to sleep in child welfare offices. Children as young as 7 have

The Link Between Anti-Homeless Rhetoric, Public Policy, and Deadly Attacks on Unsheltered People Kevin Johnson was an odds beater. An athletic LA native, his ambition caught the eye of the National Football League while he was enrolled at HBCU Texas Southern University, and he went on to become that one out of 1,000 football players

New Federal Data Shows Housing Costs Are Rising Faster Than Incomes — and Homelessness Is Climbing as Support Shrinks  Millions of renters in America are struggling to afford their homes, even though governments and nonprofits have expanded their rental assistance pipelines, according to a new report. Housing instability and homelessness are inextricably linked. According to

Critics Warn Changes to Timing and Transparency Could Distort the City’s Homelessness Data for Years San Francisco officials have announced a big change to the way they perform their citywide point-in-time count of homeless San Franciscans. The count, which usually takes place overnight, will now be held between 5 am and 10:30 am.  The city

Cities Say the Lights Deter Drug Use. Research and Advocates Say They Stigmatize Unhoused People Instead. As snow and ice pummel the Philadelphia suburbs, some sections of Chester and Marcus Hook are blanketed in an eerie shade of blue. The cool hue blinks like a beacon, draping Tenth Street in a strobe-like glow. But this

As Other Cities Clear Encampments, Atlanta Proves Investing in Housing Works When cities prepare to host global events, there is usually an unspoken cost paid by the people with the least power to resist it. Encampments are cleared. Sidewalks are swept. People are pushed out of sight in the name of “public safety,” “clean streets,”

174 Organizations Warn Rescinding Fair Housing Protections Would Undermine Civil Rights and Worsen Housing Inequality A coalition of 174 fair housing organizations demanded that the Department of Housing and Urban Development halt a proposed rule to eliminate certain fair housing protections.  The proposed rule would overturn the disparate impact rule, which says that housing practices