Author name: Michel Degive

New Ordinance Punishes Unhoused Residents with Fines and Jail, As the Bay Area Faces a Shortage of 700,000 Affordable Homes In mid-summer 2025, at a time when many are heading to beaches and soaking up the California sun, Bay Area homeless encampment resident Janeen Milliken is fighting back tears and loading the last of her […]

Scott Turner’s Op-Ed Ignores Facts, Attacks Housing First, and Misrepresents Root Causes President Donald Trump’s administration has promised to shift the paradigm about homelessness in America. In doing so, it has continuously spread falsehoods that make it more difficult for people who are homeless to get the help they deserve. A recent op-ed penned by

National Alliance to End Homelessness and Partners Accuse HUD of Illegally Tying Funding to Ideology Instead of Community Need A group of advocates sued the Department of Housing and Urban Development on Thursday, alleging that the agency is attempting to weaponize federal funding for homelessness assistance programs to advance the Trump administration’s ideological goals. The

‘911 Is for Emergencies Only,’ Local Police Remind Residents Police in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, are urging the public to refrain from calling 911 to report people camping on municipal land. They have frequently received calls regarding persons camped out on the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) property on Grand Avenue. It’s gotten to the point where they’ve

20-Year Study Proves Anti-Camping Bans and Quality-of-Life Ordinances Waste Money and Fail to Reduce Homelessness When homelessness spills out onto street corners in the form of encampments, the visible aspect of this makes the general housed public uncomfortable. Political leaders often resort to sweeps or encampment clearings as a temporary measure to alleviate the concern.

Social Media Creators Are Turning Poverty into Profit, Putting Vulnerable Women and Girls at Greater Risk of Violence, Trafficking, and Harassment “Buddy, she’s bipolar; she’s a drug addict.” “She did it to herself.” “I can fix her.” These are real comments on a YouTube video that exploits a 16-year-old unhoused girl for clicks. Many include

With Chronic Homelessness Projected to Double by 2029, Zero KC Is Combining Low-Barrier Shelter, Outreach, and Permanent Housing to Reach Stability As of May 2025, Kansas City had the highest rate of chronic rough sleepers in the country. Their homeless population is set to double by 2029. Rough sleepers in Kansas City live in some

Camp Homeward Bound Offers Homeless Youth More Than Fun in Nature—It Gives Them Stability, Healing, and a Chance to Just Be Kids “The mountains, the islands, the sky – it feels like you’re in heaven,” said 12-year-old Diomer Ortiz from the Bronx. His favorite thing about Camp Homeward Bound wasn’t just the activities—it was the

Decades of Evidence Show Housing First Works—Yet Trump Wants to Dismantle It in Favor of Failed, Outdated Models President Donald Trump says the U.S. needs a new way to address homelessness, but advocates say the solutions he’s offered would make it much more difficult to connect people who are homeless with the services and support

The Key to Home Initiative Is Showing Early Success — Even as Federal Policy Shifts Away from Housing Solutions Toward Criminalization Oklahoma City is piloting a new homelessness diversion program designed to help people access stable housing instead of emergency shelters. The program, known as Key to Home Diversion and Rapid Exit program, is a