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The state’s proposal for a 1,300-bed Salt Lake City shelter reflects a national movement to reverse longstanding housing and mental health treatment policies.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Gavin Newsom is again calling on California cities to crack down on homeless encampments and released a model ordinance for ...

Oceanside wants to put more “heart” into its efforts to get unsheltered people out of encampments and off the streets and into permanent homes. The Oceanside City Council has approved an immediate ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — The City of Spokane is introducing new coordinated street outreach efforts in hopes of strengthening its response to homelessness. The city says it will launch this new coordinated ...

In his ball cap and Astros pullover, Mayor John Whitmire wasn’t headed for the opera as he shuffled toward Houston’s downtown Theater District one Saturday night in April. He’d come to observe another ...