Homelessness News

Sydenham - On May 19, St Christopher's Hospice in South East London is holding a fun walk, while next week, the Big Issue Foundation is holding a "sleep out".

Toronto - During the winter months there are more emergency shelter beds for those who live on the streets in Toronto. The Out of the Cold program adds at least 50 additional beds a night during the coldest months. That program ends as April arrives.

Tupelo - A Mississippi woman was fired from her job at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant after her manager found out that she was homeless.

According to a recently released Coalition for the Homeless report, in January, more than 50,000 people slept in New York City’s homeless shelters.

Paris - A French family who were visiting the Musée d’Orsay in Paris at the weekend, one of the French capital’s most popular museums, had to cut short their visit when the museum received complaints from other customers about the family’s body odours.

Sacramento - A California state lawmaker has proposed a measure that would protect residents without homes from discrimination and police harassment.

Los Angeles - A Hollywood entertainment lawyer is being lauded for his selfless act of charity after he moved in with his mother so that a homeless family could live in his house for a year.

Taking care of those who were living on the street in the past showed a true difference between the United States and Canadian government. But starting in 2013, Ontario will adopt similar fund-cutting measures seen in the U.S.

Fort Worth - A homeless Texas man sleeping in a dumpster on a freezing night died after he was accidentally crushed by a trash compactor.

London - From about 1997, homelessness in London and the UK in general began to fall, now it is on the way up again, and with so-called austerity, things are going from bad to worse.