Homelessness

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Maxine Waters, Donald Trump, Scott Turner, theGrio.com
November 25, 2025
Democrats warned that the cuts would "worsen" the homelessness crisis in America, which is disproportionately impacting Black Americans.
Donald Trump, homelessness, executive order, theGrio.com
July 29, 2025
"People need homes, not handcuffs; health care, not institutionalization; and above all, compassion, not criminality," said Maxine Waters.
thegrio, housing crisis, domestic abuse, homelessness
April 21, 2025
It would be among the largest one-time losses of rental assistance in the U.S., and the evictions could churn these…
Detroit mom kids froze, Detroit mom's kids die from hypothermia in van, Detroit kids die hypothermia theGrio.com
February 14, 2025
Before losing her children to hypothermia after sleeping in their van, this Detroit mother reached out for help —only to…
Homelessness, homelessness surveys, homeless Black men, unhoused Black men, racial disparities in homelessness surveys, racial disparities in homeless support, theGrio.com
January 4, 2025
Homelessness surveys are being singled out for worsening racial disparities by systematically prioritizing homeless white people ahead of their Black…
US homelessness, US homeless, homelessness in America, affordable housing, homelessness, homeless encampment, theGrio.com
December 30, 2024
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said federally required national tallies found that more than 770,000 people were…
July 8, 2024
The Supreme Court's Grants Pass v. Johnson ruling is just further proof of how much this country hates poor people. 
Ketanji Brown Jackson, theGrio.com
April 23, 2024
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson argued that it is “cruel and unusual” to punish unhoused individuals for sleeping in public spaces.
homelessness, criminalization, theGrio.com
March 11, 2024
Many cities and lawmakers are focused on criminalizing rather than helping the most vulnerable people in American cities.
February 15, 2024
Social service providers say a ballot initiative would threaten programs that keep people from becoming homeless in the first place.
Marcia Fudge, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
February 8, 2024
“The rent is too damn high!” says Marcia Fudge, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Former President Donald Trump, Sen. Tim Scott and a "For Sale" sign
January 26, 2024
"The Hill with April Ryan" breaks down the latest after the New Hampshire primary election, including Senator Tim Scott's engagement.
Homeless encampment, theGrio.com
January 25, 2024
John Do of the ACLU said that if the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Grants Pass, Black and brown…
September 14, 2023
A New Yorker upset that the city has been housing homeless migrants on his block has set up a loudspeaker…
June 30, 2023
The number of homeless residents counted in Los Angeles County has spiked again, increasing by 9% since last year in…
June 21, 2023
Homeless people in California are already a vulnerable group, often struggling with poor health, trauma and deep poverty before they…
May 22, 2023
The City Council unanimously approved a “Homeless Bill of Rights” last month that would make New York the first big…
January 12, 2023
A really strange story about the time a mentally ill man pooped on my apartment building and then got inside…
December 19, 2022
The new mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, said Sunday her administration will start moving homeless people from tent encampments…
October 6, 2022
Out west, highway overpasses have become havens for the homeless, whose numbers have jumped a nearly 70% over two years.