Miguel Pena, a volunteer with Community in Action, interviews a homeless man in an encampment south of downtown Ontario.

Last year, more Americans were living on the streets and in their cars than in 2023, according to the 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report. Almost 772,000 homeless Americans represented an ...

Homelessness is at a record high, and there are many investigative stories to tell. ProPublica compiled some of the tips and lessons its reporters learned.

Faith-based organizations in Seattle and the Puget Sound region conduct outreach, offering blankets and also a path to ...

Law enforcement officers with the U.S. Forest Service rolled through China Hat Road in the Deschutes National Forest ...

The city of Battle Ground is the latest Southwest Washington jurisdiction to ban unlawful camping on public property since a June U.S. Supreme Court ruling made it easier to do so.

On Wednesday, two of the makeshift residences were destroyed in a fire, displacing two of McDonald’s children. The blaze ...

Kaleb Fleck changed his plea to guilty on one charge of deliberate homicide after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors.

Fairfax has rejected a permit for a camp of homeless people at Peri Park. “We need a place to have a tent to keep us warm and ...

San Francisco officials are shutting down the city’s only safe parking site for homeless people, a troubled project dubbed “by far the most expensive homeless response intervention.” Meanwhile, ...

The estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in America surged to about 771,000 in 2024 – shattering last year’s record total since reporting began in 2007. That’s according to ...

Seaside homeless camp The Seaside homeless encampment on Avenue S. The Seaside City Council has allowed the nonprofit organization Nourish Those in Need access to the Mill Ponds parking lot to feed ...