Heavyweight libertarian economist Milton Friedman's famous observation was that you can't have open immigration and a welfare ...

New York City will spend $650 million over the next five years to combat homelessness and mental illness, while increasing ...

Outside the Minneapolis Central Library, a public seating area is decorated for the winter holidays, with festive evergreen ...

Migrants staying in emergency shelters throughout the five boroughs “accounted for almost 88% of the increase in sheltered ...

Though the number of unhoused people has been steadily rising, the governor has pushed back against a declaration. “I would ...

Next City’s housing correspondent on the issues he’s keeping an eye on this year, from increased criminalization of ...

Homelessness in the U.S. jumped 18.1% this year, hitting a record level, with the dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of ...

Newsom survived a recall, weathered a pandemic, and coasted to reelection amid speculation about his ambitions for higher ...

The Jefferson City homelessness task force continued to explore strategies to help the unhoused at its meeting ...

Connecticut lawmakers' housing priorities are a reprise of agendas they've considered in past sessions — with a couple of new ...

A group of Rhode Island legislators are asking Gov. Dan McKee to declare homelessness a public health emergency.

In his fourth State of the City speech, Mayor Adams vowed he’d double down on affordability and public safety during the ...