A pilot program providing one-time cash payments to young adults at risk of homelessness has shown promising early results.

Homelessness makes us think of the severe physical hardships that precede and follow it. Its impact on psychological and ...

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. Homelessness has been a vexing ...

President Donald Trump’s proposed budget includes cuts to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development programs that advocates warn could jeopardize funding for permanent supportive housing and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is pushing forward with controversial plans to overhaul federal homelessness ...

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One couldn’t blame a homeless veteran for feeling a little bit skeptical when offered a free roof over their heads after spending weeks, perhaps months, living on the streets. But Bryan Meyer, CEO of ...

When the homeless population began to spike in the United States some 20 years ago, scores of caring people stepped up to open some of the first shelters, soup kitchens, and other charity programs to ...

When the unknown number popped up on her phone, Jocelyn Escanuela was in the checkout line at Walmart. She still can’t explain why she picked up and then listened to a cold-caller’s pitch that sounded ...

A mother's heartache from losing two of her children could have been prevented if outreach workers had done their jobs properly. According to records, a homeless woman had contacted her city’s ...

There's a federal law that helps homeless students get an education. It's administered by the U.S. Education Department, and schools worry there's no plan for the program if the department closes.