The U.S. homeless population rose to more than 771,000 on a single night counted in late January 2024, according to the latest release of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’sAnnual Homelessness Assessment Report. The number equates to an 18% increase over 2023’s total...
We surveyed 390 homeless people in Houston at a day shelter with regard to their HIV/AIDS knowledge and risk behaviours. The sample was 76% African-American, 11% Euro-American, with small numbers of Latin-Americans, Native-Americans and Asian-Americans: half were born in Texas, and 92% ...
“I’ve always had a passion for service, just helping others,” Miles said. “I like to see others happy. I don’t like really to see others down. That really bothers me. So when I drive through a city like Houston, where there’s a very large homeless population and I see people...
Houston has closed numerous homeless encampments across the city and saw a 17% reduction in unsheltered homelessness. San Jose, California, and Tucson, Arizona, were also cited for improvements. ___ Follow the AP’s coverage of homelessness at https://apnews.com/hub/homelessness. U.S....
Huddled beneath the freeway sits some of Houston’s most vulnerable population. The homeless community is struggling to keep warm in the frigid weather. "Well, it was really cold last night. I thought I was going to freeze to death. I had to put a lot of blankets on and bundle up,"...
School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA Jack Tsai PhD, MSCP Corresponding author Correspondence to Jack Tsai PhD, MSCP. Ethics declarations Conflict of Interest The authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest. Additional inf...
We were living in College Station Texas and my wife and I were on our way home from Houston Texas one Sundaymorning. We decided to stop at a local gas station to get something to eat since we had enough time. When we finished we got back into our car and before I started it we ...
By Asher Lehrer-Small, Houston Landing May 23, 2024 Amid record high NYC homeless student population, calls grow for laundry machines in schools More than 1,600 public schools offers on-site laundry services, allowing students who live in temporary housing or who otherwise lack access to such...
For cities, the question would be, what can cities do lawfully to deal with their unhoused population? And for the Constitution, the question is, what's this gonna mean for the 8th Amendment?" Robert Martin no longer lives on the streets, but his thoughts remain with those who still ...
Houston still doing well sheltering the homeless Posted on May 13, 2023 by Charles Kuffner Good news. As she waited for the results of a yearly census of the Houston area’s homeless population, Ana Rausch clicked open an email detailing the soaring number of eviction filings in Harris ...