VANCOUVER, Wash. — When her bill for overdue rent topped five digits, Resly Suka decided it was time to tell her kids they might lose their home. A bout with Covid in late 2020 had forced Suka, a ...

Nonprofits are required to comply with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s definition of homelessness, which includes four different situations where an individual would be ...

There are over 23 million children in the United States. In 2019-2020, roughly 1.3 million of them were considered homeless by the U.S. Department of Education. That’s roughly one child per classroom ...

When you think of homelessness, who do you see? Perhaps the image of someone asking for money or food. Or an individual sleeping under a bridge, on the train, or on a park bench. What we typically don ...

The U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development define homelessness differently. This has serious consequences for children. According to the federal ...

A few years ago, I worked at a public library in Denver, Colorado, and signed up to help count people experiencing homelessness. This counting is an annual effort called Point in Time (PiT) and is a ...

Will updating the definition of “chronic homelessness” shift the dial on alleviating homelessness? That is the objective of a bipartisan group of lawmakers behind recent legislation that seeks to ...

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about whether a small Oregon city can cite and prosecute homeless people for sleeping in public places when they have nowhere else to lay their heads.

About 85% of K-12 students identified as homeless nationwide don't qualify for public housing assistance. Advocates say dueling federal definitions of homelessness push kids and families into their ...

Will updating the definition of “chronic homelessness” shift the dial on alleviating homelessness? That is the objective of a bipartisan group of lawmakers behind recent legislation that seeks to ...