CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia said federal awards totaling over $47.7 million will go to the state for addressing affordable housing and...

SEATTLE (AP) — A homelessness and racial-equity consultant from Atlanta has declined an offer from King County leaders to run their Regional Homelessness Authority, county officials said...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Newly purchased property and buildings adjacent to an Anchorage shelter are expected to serve as a resource hub for people experiencing homelessness.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The House on Friday approved $175 million in emergency rental assistance as people struggle to pay rent during the coronavirus pandemic.

MERCER ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — The Mercer Island City Council is considering an ordinance that would prohibit camping on all public property, and direct homeless people to shelters in other...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As people hunkered in their homes Thursday to keep the winter storm at bay, thousands of people in Portland experiencing homelessness endured harsh conditions through the...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Nineteen nonprofit organizations across Kentucky will share a $380,000 donation from a fund that has offered assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Andy Beshear...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Legislature’s budget committee on Monday approved $175 million for emergency rental assistance stemming from people struggling to pay rent during the coronavirus...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler announced Thursday that former Mayor Sam Adams will join his administration, an unusual departure from traditional City Hall hires.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is reviewing 19 applications from non-profits and government agencies in 14 different counties to create unconventional motels-turned-apartment complexes to house...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis will tap nearly $13 million in city funds to provide rental assistance, housing for the homeless and other pandemic relief efforts intended to aid vulnerable...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — While no one living at a Salt Lake City hospice center for homeless people has tested positive for COVID-19, the vaccine's arrival has provided a new sense of...

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman drew continuing criticism this week in Colorado after he posed as a homeless person on the streets and called homelessness a “choice" in a television...

SEATTLE (AP) — This year will be the first since at least 1980 there won’t be a count of people living outside in Seattle.

The homeless census happens every January and provides a snapshot...

SEATTLE (AP) — King County is starting 2021 with plans to buy as many as a dozen hotels to permanently house hundreds of homeless people and provide them with services.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Providence Housing Authority is getting more than $1 million in federal funding to help provide housing for individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A new report shows more people lacking permanent housing in Multnomah County died in 2019 than in any previous year studied.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Support for bills to encourage community investment in housing and funding more units are among the short-term goals of a council tasked with addressing broad issues around...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The federal government has allowed Los Angeles County to cancel its 2021 homeless count over concerns that it can't be done safely or accurately during the coronavirus epidemic,...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County officials want to cancel the annual homeless count over concerns that it can't be done safely or accurately during the coronavirus pandemic.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Collaboration on solutions to homelessness in New Hampshire began anew Friday with the first meeting of a council tasked with addressing broad issues around housing...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A group of four nonprofit organizations in Alaska's capital have been awarded a grant of more than $860,000 to counter homelessness amid the coronavirus pandemic.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island is getting more beds for its homeless population just as winter approaches.

Social services agency Crossroads Rhode Island has opened an emergency...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The government of Alabama's capital city is settling a federal lawsuit with an agreement to stop arresting or ticketing panhandlers.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge rejected a request to halt evictions after a tenants' rights group in Missouri claimed Jackson County was violating a federal moratorium that aims to stop...

DETROIT (AP) — Ground has been broken on a development that will provide housing, a health clinic and community space for LGBTQ youth in Detroit.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island has received a nearly $95,000 grant to help prevent youth homelessness and housing instability, issues exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, officials...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has increased the strain on groups that work to prevent homelessness in Maryland, with experts saying single mothers and people of color are being...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu has created a Council on Housing Stability to create an affordable housing plan for residents and update the state's plan on homelessness, in...

HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii radio station has pulled two of its DJs off the air after they made insensitive comments about a local musician's struggle with homelessness and hunger.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The number of homeless people in Portland is approaching record levels, again.

City officials say that the 539 people using city-run shelters is the most since the...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles will study the feasibility of using its enormous convention center as a temporary shelter for the increasing number of homeless people living on city streets....

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire's 13 mayors sent a letter to Gov. Chris Sununu on Thursday asking for help with a statewide strategy to assist the homeless, saying they were seeing an increase...

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore City school system will open 44 schools by mid-November to small groups of students having difficulty learning online, officials announced Monday. It's the first...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new federal plan to end homelessness released last week by the Trump administration calls for a reversal of Obama-era “housing first” policies.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) —

A Burlington inn will be converted into year-round temporary housing for the homeless, following the closing of a city shelter that was deemed unsafe during the...