Editor’s note: We recently asked readers to send in their most burning questions about homelessness. One of the top questions was: How much is spent per homeless person in the Portland area? This is ...

This story was originally published in Real Estate for Good, a newsletter focused on how real estate is about humans – not buildings and money. Shelters are one of the most contentious topics in the ...

The Bangor City Council is considering funding a day center where homeless residents can receive services and find a space to rest.

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Multnomah County officials released a detailed data dashboard Wednesday that captures the size, demographics and housing status of the area’s constantly fluctuating homeless population for the first ...

A headcount found a drop in Orange County’s homeless population, with roughly 1,000 less people sleeping on the streets than two years ago – yet county officials can’t say exactly how that happened.

A Democratic mayor fed up with the way homelessness has proliferated in his state has proposed a bold new solution for his city: jailing homeless people who refuse housing services three times. "There ...

Can giving homeless people $750 a month to use any way they choose help them move into long-term housing? I am the director of the University of Southern California Homelessness Policy Research ...

How are LA's homeless to escape addiction and poverty if the nonprofit organizations that are supposed to help them are mired ...