Michael looks at a plan set forth by New York City Mayor Eric Adams to involuntarily hospitalize certain homeless people, and asks what...

How do we know when someone is too mentally ill to make their own decisions? When to take away rights is a problem we have dodged for...

How much money is enough to solve the homelessness crisis, and on what should it be spent? Every poll shows that Californians list...

Melinda Henneberger Thu, December 1, 2022 at 8:30 AM James Mark Rippee, who was blind, severely mentally ill, homeless — and unhelped,...

Mayor Eric Adams intends to remove people with severe, untreated mental illness from the streets. That will mean involuntary...

Many city residents agree something needs to be done to remove people with severe mental illness from public places. But some experts...

New York City’s mayor on Tuesday said he was directing police and city medics to be more aggressive about getting severely mentally ill...

Ryan Smith, a 36-year-old homeless addict, falls asleep after smoking fentanyl in Los Angeles, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Nearly 2,000...

Two weeks after withholding $1 billion in homelessness funding over lackluster local plans, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that ...

A U.S. District Court judge put off Monday a final resolution of a lawsuit that could force L.A. County and City to expand services and...

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) opened its Winter Shelter Program for the 2022-2023 winter season, which goes through...

os Angeles County’s Housing for Health Opens Walk-In Interim Housing and Triage Beds with 24/7 Clinical Care for Unhoused Individuals...

David DePape, the prime suspect in the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul. (Photo Credit,: Associated Press) Leading...

Key Take A ways:The latest approach toward dealing with homelessness, called “housing first,” has praiseworthy goals. Judged by its...

Eric Perkins says the kitchen is what sold him on the two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment in Norfolk, Va., that he found through a...

Ira, an older, soft-spoken homeless man, recently went to the Downtown Austin Community Court to see if he was eligible for free...

On a blistering hot Friday in August, Donald Winston, 56, lugged black trash bags stuffed with belongings up four flights of stairs to...

The homeless crisis in Los Angeles County has spilled over onto buses, trains, at bus shelters and transit stations, resulting in...

In recent years, homelessness marked by meth abuse and tents has moved from the Southland to other cities. But will more housing really...

In summary The latest point-in-time count of California’s homeless population shows that it increased at roughly the same pace as...

by Michael Shellenberger Last Friday in Queens, New York, Peter Zisopoulos, 34 years-old, described by his neighbors as an “odd, quiet...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Oct. 4, approved the transfer of eight Project Homekey temporary housing ...

MBSAFE began In 2018 when the point-in-time count revealed 41 homeless in Manhattan Beach, which was a large increase from the previous...