Author name: Michel Degive

A New ‘Civility Ordinance’ Makes Swaths of Houston Permanently Off Limits to Homeless People—Pushing Poverty Out of Sight, Not Out of Existence Houston’s dystopian-sounding “civility ordinance” has been extended so that several areas of downtown are now off limits to homeless people 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The ordinance now bans sitting, […]

Trump’s New Executive Order Revives Failed Policies of Institutionalization, Ignoring the Proven Solution: Housing First Service providers and advocates warn that the Trump administration has created a dangerous new way for America to respond to homelessness. In late July, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets.” The

New Report Shows California Spent Billions Criminalizing Homelessness While Leaving Tens of Thousands Still on the Streets California isn’t tough on homelessness. It’s tough on homeless people. A new report highlighted by PBS shows that of the 52,000 unsheltered people recently evicted from encampments in California, only two were housed. This is to the tune

Why It Costs More to Rent When You Are Poor The cost of living is skyrocketing for everyone, but today’s rental market is particularly brutal for people in the lower and middle-income tax brackets. For this reason, some have gone so far as to describe the working class as the “new face of homelessness”. We

Flipping the Homeless Script: Too Fashionably Late for TV I arrive home from work, and the lights are out. I hit the switch and immediately know it has been cut. Of course it has. I’m living with an 18-year-old who’s, uh, being evicted. Really (would I lie to you?), and this is kind of funny:

An Interview with Dr. Owen Clayton Uncovers How Homeless Workers Helped Build America and How We Still Profit from Their Precarity Have you ever wondered what urban American cityscapes would look like in the present day if homeless transient workers from the past weren’t part of the picture? We recently delved deep into that discussion

Patrick Hogan’s Rare Victory Shows Unhoused Californians Can Hold Public Agencies Accountable and Why it Shouldn’t Be So Rare Patrick Hogan woke to the sound of voices—sharp, urgent, and close. Flashlights tore through the darkness. “Turn those damn things down,” he called out. No one did. It was just after 6 a.m. on October 24,

New Research Shows How Housing Discrimination and Chronic Stress Are Putting Lives at Risk Before Birth What if your baby’s life chances were shaped not just by your health, but by your zip code—and your landlord? That’s the reality uncovered in new research from Dr. Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, Professor of Epidemiology at The Ohio State University.

Advocates Warn That Slashing Medicaid Will Flood an Already Overwhelmed Homelessness Rresponse System Advocates around the country say the GOP’s cuts to Medicaid will make homelessness much worse. President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget cuts $1 trillion in Medicaid spending over the next decade and requires Medicaid members to work at least 20 hours a week

Advocates Warn the Decision Removes One of the Last Accountability Tools Protecting Unhoused People from Escalating Brutality Unsheltered homeless people are over-policed and under-protected, a combination that often leads to police brutality. In the wake of an uptick in anti-homeless sentiments and laws, the Trump administration’s recent removal of a nationally recognized police misconduct database