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Affordable Housing Shortages and Systemic Barriers Push Thousands of Families into Cars, Motels, or Doubling Up While the sun was still coming up over the Ko?olau Range, I’d make my way to Kapolei Regional Park, aiming for the east parking lot with a public bathroom. There, I would quietly knock on the window of an […]

Colorado’s Youth Shelters Are Using Trauma-Informed Design and Low-Barrier Entry to Provide Safe, Supportive Environments for Teens Youth shelters in Colorado are responding to the recent rise in the state’s homeless youth population by providing supportive, safe, and social shelter environments for teens and young adults. These shelters have been built to cater to the

Dehumanizing Rhetoric from Public Figures Fuels Attacks, Fear, and Policies that Put Unhoused People at Greater Risk When Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade said unhoused people with mental illness should “just be killed,” the backlash was swift. He later apologized, calling his words “extremely callous.” But for people living on the street and those

From Car Troubles to Housing Setbacks, Kent Reflects on the Small Choices that Keep Him Moving Toward Stability Through my door one morning, I hear Zed say my full name, and only that, out loud. He then immediately starts snickering. Just my name, nothing else. Pure comedy to Zed. Perhaps this should worry me, but

Most Americans Blame Personal Choices for Homelessness, Yet Nearly Three-Quarters Say Government Should Do More to Solve It A new poll conducted by The Associated Press and the University of Chicago found that most Americans hold conflicting views about homelessness. The poll, which was conducted with 1,121 adults in late August, found that most Americans

A 5-Point Plan and Long-Awaited Measure W Funds Fuel the City’s Latest Push for Housing Solutions and Equity Oakland mayor Barbara Lee recently announced the formation of a new city department dedicated to addressing homelessness in the area using a 5-point plan. “The Office of Homelessness Solutions and our 5-Point Plan are about common-sense action

From Robert Moses’s Bridges to Today’s Hostile Benches, Exclusion Has Always Been Built into Our Cities “In the early to mid-20th-century US, there was an architect and city planner called Robert Moses. He designed a section of the Southern State Parkway in Long Island. And he did it with deliberately low-hanging bridges. The reason he

A New Hollywood Facility Will Provide Private Rooms, Wraparound Care, and Dignity for Pregnant and Postpartum Women In the heart of Hollywood, just blocks from the Walk of Fame, a new building is rising with a quieter, more urgent purpose. Behind its modest walls will be 27 small rooms—each one private, each one locking—set aside

Cuts, Delays, and Red Tape Leave Disaster Survivors Homeless and Hopeless as Climate Change Drives Record Displacement Mass environmental displacement abounds amid the climate crisis. In Davenport, Iowa, a family of seven struggles to put their pieces back together in the wake of the July 27th flash floods. Ms. Appleby sobs into the camera, wondering

As Anti-Trans Policies Escalate, NYC Launches the Nation’s First Trans-Specific Shelter, Offering Safety, Services, and Hope Almost a third of trans Americans have experienced homelessness at some time in their lives, according to the 2022 U.S. Transgender Survey. “Whether that starts with being kicked out of the home or discrimination in the employment market or