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#homelessness

The city of Los Angeles received an $1.8-million invoice from Gibson Dunn for two weeks of work, equating to just under $140,000 per day over 13 days.

Losing my job made me lose everything," said Hoskey, who is now 49. In search of work and a place to stay, she bought a camper and moved to northern Michigan, where she found a string of low-wage jobs in fast food and hotel housekeeping.

Not having a home for me and my son made it even harder to get out of survival mode and learn to connect to him.

"As well-intentioned as some of the City's efforts have been, it is wholly appropriate to finally acknowledge that the City of Boston's current plan at Mass & Cass has been an abject failure by any standard."

Kevin Lino is indicted for allegedly murdering two individuals, Gary Melanson and Douglas Leon Clarke, in separate incidents in Massachusetts in 2010 and 2012, respectively.

A record high of 13,231 people were recorded as sleeping rough in London this year, marking a 10% increase from the previous year, according to recent figures.

The Grants Pass Supreme Court decision said that you can clear encampments, even if you have nowhere for folks to go. This is going a step further and saying you can put people into institutions against their will.

President Trump signed an executive order aimed at reversing precedents that prevent civil commitment of mentally ill individuals who pose a risk to themselves or others, emphasizing the need to remove encampments.

The City of San Francisco reached a financial settlement of $2.8 million in a legal battle over the practice of clearing homeless encampments from public spaces.

"I've been raped more times than I've had consensual sex in the last year," said a homeless woman named Rebecca. "I've been outside in the cold and had some guy offer me shelter, and the next thing I know, I wake up, and he's rapin."

The restructuring aims to create an integrated administrative framework for addressing California's housing and homelessness challenges, aligning programs with transportation, climate, and health policies.

City employees failed to check for occupants in the homeless encampment before using a bulldozer to clear it, resulting in the tragic death of Cornelius Taylor.

As of January 2024, there are 158,019 New Yorkers experiencing homelessness, marking a 53.1% increase compared to January 2023, showcasing the severe housing crisis.