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By Nina Gupta In California, efforts to create cleaner and greener urban neighborhoods can contribute to the displacement of homeless and low-income people where environmental improvements are pursued without addressing the housing crisis in growing urban areas. In Los Angeles, the removal of homeless encampments for the reason of public health demonstrates efforts to improve …
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By: Gabby McIntyre While mental health is not believed to be the main cause of homelessness, as the high cost of housing and living is believed to be the number one cause, it can be a contributing factor. (Preble Street) “In fact, mental or behavioral health disorders and substance abuse are many times outcomes of …
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By Nina Gupta Environmental racism is the systemic placement of underprivileged communities in unsafe living conditions, often exposing them to air and water pollution, extreme heat, and harmful radiation. Modern-day examples include California cities building homeless shelters in polluted industrial zones because of the lower cost of land. In 2021, an unhoused RV community called …
By Gabby McIntyre Out of all domestic violence victims, 38% of them end up homeless at least once in their lifetime (American Bar Association, n.d.). This large correlation between homelessness and domestic violence becomes even more concerning when paired with the fact that around 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men over the …
Similar but Different: Domestic Violence Shelters vs Homeless Shelters Read More »
By Jayden Park On August 11, two top officials from the Trump administration, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner, visited Los Angeles to criticize how the city handles homelessness. They held a news conference at the Dream Center, a faith-based recovery and housing program …
By Posey Graber This past May revealed the official count of unhoused people in America. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development found that 745,652 individuals were homeless and 266,320 individuals were living unsheltered. These numbers come from a nationwide Point-in-Time (PIT) count. While these counts are extremely insightful and give our government a …
By Posey Graber In mid-July, a small town near San Antonio, Texas experienced extreme flooding, leaving hundreds of people stranded and needing to be rescued. At least two people have been killed, and thousands of homes are destroyed. Devastatingly, this is not the first or even the worst environmental catastrophe that Texas’ Hill Country has …
When Disaster Strikes: How Natural Disasters Increase the Risk of Homelessness Read More »
By Jayden Park California’s push to clear homeless encampments off state highways picked up three new partners this week. On July 28, 2026, Governor Gavin Newsom’s office announced that Ontario, San Bernardino, and San Diego had signed Encampment Delegated Maintenance Agreements with the California Department of Transportation, bringing the statewide total to 13 city and …
Newsom Expands Highway Encampment Cleanup Deals to Three More SoCal Cities Read More »
By Posey Graber California is betting billions of dollars that a reformed and expanded behavioral health system will help the current homelessness crisis. Proposition 1 was narrowly passed over two years ago in March of 2024 and a major component only recently took effect. The two main components of Proposition 1 are the Behavioral Health …
Proposition 1: California’s New Approach to Homelessness & Mental Health Read More »
By Jayden Park For more than two decades, the federal government’s primary tool for funding local homelessness services has been the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program, which every year channels billions of dollars to nonprofits, cities, and states through HUD. Since 2025, however, that funding stream has been caught in an escalating legal fight between …
Federal Homelessness Funding Faces Uncertainty as Courts Challenge HUD Policy Changes Read More »
