by October Gallery
Homeless families are occupying vacant homes in the Los Angeles area as two major crises collide in California: the years-long affordable housing crisis and the immediate, mounting coronavirus pandemic. Starting…
Francisco Perez is an unlikely activist. The retired roofer and his wife, Graciella, have rented their one-bedroom apartment in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood for the past 20 years. Perez lives a…
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who is running for president, introduced a bill Thursday that would invest billions of more dollars in affordable housing and other initiatives to prevent homelessness. The…
OAKLAND, Calif. ― Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro visited a homeless encampment Wednesday to learn more about what he called the “dire needs” for more affordable housing in the U.S.…
On a hot Monday morning in May, 63-year-old Donna Ware sat down in the meeting room at the Terrazas Branch library in East Austin, with her small service dog, Pilaf,…
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The lunch rush at St. Vincent de Paul Dining Hall is a snapshot of the changing character of American homelessness. The first thing that strikes…
Halsey recently revealed that she considered turning to sex work when she was a homeless teenager living on the streets of New York City. “When I was living in New…
A 4-year-old boy in Birmingham, Alabama, is a real-life superhero ― but his main foe isn’t Thanos; it’s homelessness. Austin Perine has made an impact by walking around his hometown…