homelessness

The Florida Department of Children and Families will seek approval from lawmakers to shift $3.1 million to help fill a gap in funding for…

Sean Baker's "The Florida Project" takes place in a blindingly purple low-budget motel named the Magic Castle, just down Route 192 from Disney's Magic…

Florida homeless agencies are working to shelter people in the state. But proposed cuts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development could leave...

The Health Care Center for the Homeless received a grant Monday from the city of Orlando to build another clinic.The $575,000 grant will allow Health Care…

A proposed “Tiny House” community for low income people is a step closer to becoming reality, despite pushback from nearby residents. The issue has...

At last count, during the 2013-2014 school year, the number of homeless students had risen to more than 71,000 in Florida's public schools. For many of...

When it comes to children, the definition of homeless includes more children than you may think. Under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance...

Storage facilities that once held only family keepsakes are becoming a refuge for homeless families, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports.Police, social…

Two Tampa Bay area legislators say local communities are better suited to help the homeless than the state, and should control more of the money meant to…

Sujatha Guduru of Oviedo had a 20-year history of mental illness. She had required hospitalization in a psychiatric ward three times, was seeing a…