When Rashida Crutchfield began her doctoral degree at Cal State Long Beach in 2009, she knew she wanted to study the college experience for homeless students. There was one problem. She couldn’t find ...

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. Homelessness has been a vexing ...

Why should I care about homelessness? After all, most of us already have plenty to worry about in our own lives without taking on concern for what is often dismissed as “vagrancy.” Yet, unless one ...

Continuing legal action has made homeless services providers' fates uncertain. I've spoken with over 160 of these providers. Here's how Congress can help.

The discussion of homelessness in German Lopez’s article does not address an essential part of the solution: preventing ...

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A man walks at the homeless encampment located along Coleman Avenue between West Hedding Street and Asbury Street in San Jose on June 22, 2021. Maybe the way out of California’s homelessness crisis is ...

Detroit is shifting how it offers services to those without housing and working to prevent homelessness in the first place, a year after the deaths of two children rocked the city and focused ...

Safe, stable, and affordable housing is not a luxury – it is a basic human necessity. While some dehumanize or overlook homeless people, I see them as neighbors – worthy of respect, compassion, and ...

Maybe the way out of California’s homelessness crisis is to prevent it in the first place, rather than focusing only on people who have already lost their housing. That’s the thinking behind a program ...

In 2020, Portland area voters passed a 1% tax on businesses and high-income earners on the promise it would “end our homelessness crisis” – a campaign catchphrase – in 10 years. Ashley Garrison ...