homelessness

Democratic leaders in California and Oregon are becoming more open to using involuntary psychiatric commitment to combat homelessness, drug abuse and untreated mental illness.

A growing hospital movement aims to improve health outcomes of homeless patients with what might be considered the ultimate preventive care: providing them with a home.

In Montana and across the nation, homeless shelters report the worrisome trend that seniors are a growing proportion of their residents.

The County Commission approved the use of American Rescue Plan funds for Pathlight HOME, which says it will provide housing for more than 600 people in Orlando.

Eager to control costs and sickness, hospitals and insurers are trying to help patients access better food, housing and transportation. But so far there is little research showing these efforts work.

Gov. Ron DeSantis first ordered a stay on evictions to protect people from losing their homes during the coronavirus pandemic last April. It has since been extended, but experts say housing insecurity can impact physical and mental health.

Outbreaks of the coronavirus have forced some of the nation's homeless shelters to close. But Tallahassee's Kearney Center was likely the first in the...

Orders to stay-at-home are nearly impossible to follow for the 500 homeless people living on Jacksonville’s streets.

Jacksonville has the state’s highest rate of registered sex offenders or predators without a permanent address.

People are lined up at 'Our Daily Bread' food pantry in Bradenton, and Maureen Mack of Turning Points , a local non-profit that helps the homeless, is...