A woman and her daughter-in-law watch over children in a metal cabin that they occupy at Woodville Farm Labor Center. The family was down to its last couple of dollars. (Los Angeles Times) Joseph ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA—World Homeless Day is observed internationally on the 10 th of October every year. The aim is to raise ...

Los Angeles officials say homelessness is down for a second consecutive year, crediting programs to move people from encampments into housing for the city’s largest sustained decline in street ...

Tim Trenkle is a northeast Iowa writer. The street where the impoverished live, called "marginalized," is a term like "broken" that says he or she has less than you and is therefore invisible, yet ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — As many as 72 families are searching for a new home after police went door-to-door Wednesday, telling them to evacuate the Howard Johnson hotel on International Drive. Tenants ...

For the last 15 years, Pastor Eric T. Johns has spent most of Thanksgiving week living on downtown streets, mostly to connect with homeless people and raise awareness about their plight. This week, in ...

"I have to drink eight fifths in a 24-hour period. If I do not, I go through withdrawal, which is similar to heroine withdrawal." "Let's go to L.A., where there is money and opportunities." I’ve got a ...