Homeless

Homeless in Portland

PortlandOnline (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

On KOIN Friday, November 6

City, county and social service agencies teaming up to keep homeless warm this witner

PortlandOnline (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

On KATU Friday, November 6

Budget trims lead homeless shelters across Mass. to cut services and beds

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

Boston plans to eliminate nearly 20 percent of the beds at the city’s largest homeless shelter, the first time it has made such cuts. Cape Cod’s largest shelter expects to end its day program, meaning dozens of people are likely to spend their days wandering in the cold. Officials at the largest provider of homeless services in Western Massachusetts intend ...

Place a homeless man called home

Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

Neighbors in a block of 26th Street in the city mourn death of Andre Haney, whom they considered one of their own Andre K. Haney ran errands, washed cars and swept up leaves for the residents of a secluded block in the city's Harwood neighborhood. The residents - many of them elderly women who have lived in their homes for decades - gave him money and food, and brought him inside for holiday meals....

Spenard blaze leaves 3 homeless, kills dog

Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

A fire at a Spenard duplex Friday morning displaced three people and killed a dog, according to the Anchorage Fire Department. Firefighters were dispatched to 3421 Balchen Drive just before 10:30 a.m. to reports of heavy smoke and flames coming from one of the units. One adult and two children under age 4 were found already outside the home when firefighters arrived. They were not injured.

How One Homeless Person Lives: Coping With Homelessness

The Digerati Life (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

I’ve discussed how to avoid foreclosure and how to avoid bankruptcy in the past, but in some cases, things don’t work out too well, and there are people who end up becoming casualties of the real estate bust, credit crisis and weak job market. Lots of people have been forced into homelessness due to [...] How One Homeless Person Lives: Coping With Homelessness

Business owners plan memorial for homeless man

the 13th juror (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Business owners in Fort Lauderdale repeatedly tried to convince Douglas Schutt to stop boozing and living outdoors, but he refused. Business owners on Las Olas Boulevard knew him as a helpful, homeless man who washed cars and did other cleaning chores in exchange for a few dollars. Douglas Schutt, 58, died Sept. 9 from a head injury he sustained in an accident, the Broward Medical Examiner's Office...

Neighbors in a block of city's 26th Street mourn death of homeless man

Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Andre K. Haney ran errands, washed cars and swept up leaves for the residents of a secluded block in the city's Harwood neighborhood. The residents - many of them elderly women who have lived in their homes for decades - gave him money and food, and brought him inside for holiday meals.At night, he slept on the porch of a vacant house."He was our homeless man," said Elnora Barnes, 73. "We...

No. 7 subway extension forces eviction of Open Door homeless shelter

NYDailyNews (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

The Port Authority plans to evict the city's largest homeless drop-in center to make room for an extension of the No. 7 subway, city officials said.

No. 7 subway extension forces eviction of Open Door homeless shelter

NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

The Port Authority plans to evict the city's largest homeless drop-in center to make room for an extension of the No. 7 subway, city officials said.

Sir Ian McKellen and Boy George to attend benefit evening for gay homeless charity

PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday

Sir Ian McKellen will appear at a benefit evening for the Albert Kennedy Trust (AKT) on Sunday evening. The actor and TV presenter and star of Shameless Anthony Crank will be hosting an auction, with lots of prizes including an oil portrait of Sir Ian by the artist Anthony Lawrence.

Homeless man 'guilty' of rape, death

News.com.au (Free subscription) | yesterday

A HOMELESS man accused of the rape and murder of a student who plunged to her death from a balcony in Sydney will plead guilty to a number of charges at his next appearance, a court has been told.

• Man 'to plead guilty in student's death' - The Age
• Man 'to plead guilty in student's death' - Sydney Morning Herald

Homeless children warning

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

FIVE children a day face the threat of homelessness because of eviction, a housing charity revealed yesterday.

• Homeless children warning - News Scotsman

Metro Vice President To Homeless: Stay Off Our Train

Hair Balls (Free subscription) | yesterday

Todd Mason is the vice president of real estate services for Metro. At the time of his hiring, there was some concern that by hiring Mason and dabbling in big-time real estate development at and ...

Maine judge rejects deal in death of homeless man

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday

A Maine superior court judge has rejected a plea deal in the killing of a homeless man at a transient campsite in Bangor.

Study finds a different type of TB patient

kellya | 25/03/2009

The rate of tuberculosis in San Francisco has been dropping over the last decade, but health officials say they are seeing a new type of TB patient, someone who isn't poor or homeless or a newly arrived immigrant.

Web's most popular cat finds home

ilikecats | 26/09/2008

Betsy, as she has been named, became a minor celebrity when London's only cat vet posted videos of her on the Internet in an attempt to find her owners. However, it was an article in a local newspaper describing her as "old, homeless and [with] a tendency to lash out unexpectedly" that ultimately led to her re-homing. Since being rescued by Kitten to Cat in June, Betsy became a star attraction with...