#homelessness

#homelessness

Nearly every day, city workers huddle at a street corner in the Mission District, usually outside of the Gubbio Project at 15th Street and Julian Avenue. It's their meetup before going out for another day of dealing with the homelessness, addiction and mental health crisis on the streets of the neighborhood. This " Swiss Army knife " team of teams has been working together for nearly a year now, under the coordination of Santiago Lerma, former District 9 legislative aide, current Mission street team lead for the Department of Emergency Management. They represent three city departments and two contracted groups: the Department of Public Health, Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, the Department of Emergency Management, and city contractors Urban Alchemy and Ahsing Solutions.

Airports in Paris and Amsterdam were the worst affected, with the Dutch authorities saying more than 1,000 travellers had been forced to spend the night at Schiphol, one of Europe's busiest hubs. Six people have died in weather-related accidents as the continent reels from the most bitter cold snap of the winter so far. Five of those deaths were confirmed in France on Tuesday, while a woman died in Bosnia as heavy snow and rain sparked floods and power outages across the Balkans.

When reporter Ethan Brooks met Evan, he was in bad shape. Rosin: Years of addiction had left him with a leg that was so swollen and infected that he was at risk of losing it. On top of that, he couldn't keep food down. And he didn't know why. His best friend, Joe, was worried. Rosin: Evan ended up in the hospital.

A Fremont man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing another man during an intense confrontation, minutes after the victim slashed the suspect's throat with a utility knife, court records show. Eddie Moses, 42, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the Feb. 16 2023 stabbing death of Mario Molinari. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped a murder charge against Moses, court records show.

Hanna Rosin: I'm Hanna Rosin. This is Radio Atlantic. Last year, we published a series called No Easy Fix. If you haven't heard it, you should go back and listen. It's about San Francisco's attempts to address pockets of homelessness and addiction. It's also a close and unusually humane portrait of one man-his name is Evan-living on the streets and barely managing his fentanyl addiction.

What Happened: The New York City Council has set aside $1.5 million in its 2026 budget for a new initiative titled "Cash with Care." The program is aimed at assisting residents grappling with housing insecurity. As per the council report, the main goal of this guaranteed income program is to support young individuals transitioning from homelessness by offering a consistent, flexible income and comprehensive services.

"I seen my father under the Christmas tree, getting it ready and putting presents under it," he said. The next morning, he said, "I asked my sister if my father was Santa Claus's helper. She said, 'No, fool. He is Santa Claus.'" "That's probably one of the best Christmases I've ever had," he said. He recalled the feeling of his mother and father kissing him goodnight, and tucking him into bed.

Born in June 1924 in a Jewish family, he describes how he had a relatively normal childhood until the Anschluss of 1938 - when Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany - meant that life "took a completely different meaning and survival became the only aim". "Jewish shops and premises, synagogues, offices and anything where there was a Jewish connection quickly became a target for violence, fire, destruction, robbery, and personal attack," he writes.

Dr Dermot Farrell says he welcomes 'signs of a new urgency in public policy', but politicians must be 'bolder' in addressing issues

"I vividly remember what it's like as a kid backpacking around the world to need a shower, to need a place to wash your clothes," Steves told a crowd who gathered on Wednesday to celebrate the purchase over cake and with words fait accompli written in red icing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020.

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Being homeless for so long was really depressing and stressful, said Ayeasha, 47 and from London. For the first couple of years, I didn't realise how much it was affecting my son. Now 14, Ayeasha's son spent 12 years of his life across five different temporary accommodation properties. Many of these were riddled with disrepair, the mother said, with the ceiling collapsing in one.

Solomon Smith said he founded the charity with money from his job as a youth worker after being unable to secure funding for the project. He began helping others after witnessing poverty among his peers as a child. He said: "We got cooked meals every day. It's not until I was actually going to my friend's house, when I realised poverty. I realised that if they didn't go out and steal, they were not eating."

Many people in Germany have had little or no access to medical care, according to a report released by the aid group Doctors of the World. Christian Stegmuller, who heads the organization's domestic programs, said Germany was failing to guarantee the right to medical care for everyone living in the country, pointing to a rising number of uninsured people and gaps in care for those with health insurance debt.

We want to end the use of B&Bs, apart from in a really dire emergency situation. We want to end the use of B&Bs by the end of the parliament. It will take people having access to better temporary accommodation, increased social housing and so on. But I think we can do it. If we don't manage it, no one will judge me as harshly as I'll judge myself.

It was when I met St Mungo's that I received the support I needed. I have now accessed both my private and state pension, received legal support in resolving the issues relating to my previous home and am waiting to move into my next property.