The administration proposed a return to allowing congregate sheltering for families — a practice that has been prohibited for years due to concerns about health and safety risks.

More than 150,000 U.S. families are homeless each year. The number has been going down, in part because of a program known as Rapid Re-Housing, which quickly moves families out of shelters and ...

A majority of hotel shelters for migrants and local homeless families in Massachusetts will be closed by the end of Monday.

Massachusetts is the only state that has a right-to-shelter law; it must provide housing for families with at least one child under age 18.

Two dozen families won a meeting with Lurie in late February in which he, according to the families, promised they could stay in shelters if they were making “positive progress” towards finding ...

Last night, more than 10,500 families, including more than 17,000 children, slept in New York City homeless shelters. That’s nearly enough kids to fill the Barclays Center. On average, these … ...

Homeless families housed in shelters across the city and facing evictions on Feb. 8 or 10 will be granted a 30-day reprieve, city officials said. The decision, made by the Department of Homelessness ...

Natalie Kiyah kisses her 5-month-old baby while standing on the Oregon Capitol Mall with fellow advocates on Jan. 11, 2024. Kiyah is a single mother of four who previously became homeless when she ...

My family was homeless for two-and-a-half years. ... Little did I know at the time, once a person or family is classified as homeless, finding housing becomes 10 times harder than before.