A Baltimore City Inspector General investigation found significant maintenance and living-condition problems at homeless shelters housed in former hotels, including mold, pest infestations, poor ...

Baltimore’s homeless shelters faced problems including mold, pest infestations, plumbing failures and poor ventilation, according to an inspector general’s investigation that found weaknesses in how ...

This past Monday, thanks to the generosity of a few donors, St. Thomas Church on Fifth Avenue held a funeral for nine men who ...

A woman staying at the YMCA Van Buren Emergency Shelter in Columbus, Ohio, detailed unsanitary conditions and operational issues in a letter to shelter officials. Shelter officials acknowledged the ...

Regarding “A fence? Or a cage? Syracuse pens off street to contain trouble near homeless shelter” (June 5, 2025): Putting a fence on Dickerson Street does not solve the problems of homeless street ...

In Baltimore, the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services admits it is having difficulty getting contractors to do work on the three hotels the city bought in the middle of the decade to use as shelters.

Seniors are the fastest-growing homeless population across the nation. Now, some shelters are trying to make it easier to accommodate the elderly. Seniors are the fastest growing homeless population ...