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Las Vegas-Area Count Of Homeless People Finds Fewer in 2019

Jul 12, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Southern Nevada officials say a homeless count has found fewer people living in shelters or on the streets in 2019 than last year.

Clark County officials announced Thursday that the count conducted over two days in January recorded 5,286 people.

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Homeless residents often live outdoors in tents in rural Kentucky. Rarely pitched out in the open, like this one in Lexington, most are hidden in thick bushes of wooded areas.

In Rural Areas, Homeless People Are Harder To Find — And To Help

Jul 04, 2019
Homelessness is often considered an urban problem. But rural Americans often experience homelessness as well. Advocates struggle to reach homeless rural residents and connect them with services.
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Clark County Approves $6.1 Million To Help Homeless Families

Jun 19, 2019

The Clark County Commission approved $6.1 million for housing assistance programs intended to help homeless families.

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Marijuana License Money To Help Aid Homeless

May 23, 2019

During the 2016 election, recreational marijuana became law of th

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Rashema Melson gets a hug and has her photo taken with her cousin Anthony Young after the 2019 Georgetown University graduation ceremony.

Once A Homeless D.C. Teen, Now A Georgetown Graduate

May 21, 2019
In 2014, Rashema Melson was a homeless high school senior who was awarded a full scholarship to college. Now, she is a graduate of Georgetown University who hopes to return to help her community.
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LV Candidate Olivia Diaz On What Downtown Needs

May 16, 2019

Olivia Diaz quit the state legislature 

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KNPR's State of Nevada

LV Candidate Melissa Clary On Homelessness, Huntridge Theater

May 16, 2019

Melissa Clary 

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KNPR's State of Nevada

LV Candidate Robin Munier On Airbnb, Homelessness, Safety

May 14, 2019

The fight against short term rentals in the City of Las

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LV Candidate Brian Knudsen On Airbnb, Healthcare, Transit

May 14, 2019

The fight against short term rentals in the City of La

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Can A Park Redesign Deter The Homeless And Draw Neighbors?

Feb 21, 2019

Ever since a 2006 stabbing death, Huntridge Circle Park in downtown Las Vegas has served as a lightning rod in the discussion of homelessness.

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Hundreds Of Volunteers Work To Count Homeless In Southern Nevada

Jan 24, 2019

Hundreds of volunteers worked through the night Tuesday and into the morning Wednesday to conduct the annual homeless count for Clark County.

The Southern Nevada Homeless Census is a requirement in order for the county to receive some federal grants that support the homeless.

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City Of Las Vegas To Request Tax, Service Charge Hikes To Pay For Homeless Services

Nov 15, 2018

The Las Vegas City Council is headed to the 2019 legislative session with a request to raise certain taxes to be able to address homelessness in the valley.

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Nevada Ranks No. 1 For Unsheltered Homeless Youth

Oct 30, 2018

When you think of a homeless person, you might not think of a young person.

But the fact is, children and teens are homeless; some of them are even alone on the streets.

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Huntridge Circle Park Closure Concerns Neighbors, City

Oct 12, 2018

Huntridge Circle Park in Downtown Las Vegas is closed … again.

The park is situated along Maryland Parkway south of Charleston Boulevard in the center of a multi-lane roadway. 

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Caydden wakes up at 5:45 a.m., quickly brushes his teeth and smooths some gel in his hair, and then he dashes downstairs to ride 90 minutes in a school bus to get to class.

Trying Not To Break Down — A Homeless Teen Navigates Middle School

Oct 09, 2018
About 2.5 million children in America are homeless. In Boise, Idaho, 14-year-old Caydden Zimmerman struggles with the anxieties of middle school while living in a homeless shelter.
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Crowdfunding, But For The Government

Sep 20, 2018

You’ve probably heard of online fundraising websites like Kickstarter and Go Fund Me

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Anthony Torres poses for a photograph at his brother's home in Atco, N.J., after revealing he was the man caught in a viral video shaving on a train.

Man Mocked For Shaving On Train Says He Was Leaving Homeless Shelter

Sep 18, 2018
The public grooming caught on tape made Anthony Torres the butt of jokes. Now he tells The Associated Press he had just gotten out of a shelter and didn't want family to see him looking unkempt.
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Homeless Advocates Sour Over 'Anderson Dairy' Bill

Sep 04, 2018

The City of Las Vegas wants to keep people away from food processing plants, so they’ve proposed an ordinance to forbid it.

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Homeless In Southern Nevada: Is Progress Being Made?

Jul 19, 2018

Homeless survey shows more than 6,000 people are experiencing homelessness in Clark County, which is down slightly from the 2017 numbers.

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National
Mayor-elect London Breed waves before speaking to reporters on Wednesday outside City Hall in San Francisco.

San Francisco Elects First African-American Woman For Mayor

Jun 14, 2018
London Breed is a native San Franciscan who grew up in public housing. Her opponent, a former state senator, would have been the city's first openly gay mayor.
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A homeless man sleeps under a blanket in a Fifth Avenue bus shelter in New York.

Queens, N.Y., Residents Fight 3rd Homeless Shelter In Their Neighborhood

May 24, 2018
The new shelter in Blissville, Queens, will be one of 90 that Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to open in New York over the next year in an effort to reform the city's homeless shelter system.
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Jimmy Mejia works 50 hours a week as an assistant manager at Blaze Pizza.

California Housing Crisis: Working But On The Brink Of Homelessness

Apr 16, 2018
In expensive West Coast cities like Los Angeles, there's a growing number of working people living on the margins — one crisis away from living on the streets due to soaring rents and housing prices.
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The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority found the homeless population ballooned to 57,794 in 2017. A new pilot program seeks to pay homeowners to create housing for those in need.

LA County To Pay Homeowners To Create Housing For The Homeless

Apr 13, 2018
More than 500 property owners applied to receive generous loans to build new units or legalize existing dwellings for the homeless.
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A King County, Wash., Superior Court judge ruled Friday that the truck a Seattle man was living in is his home, and thus can't be impounded. Here, a man hauls garbage at a temporary parking area for people living in their vehicles in Seattle in 2016.

A Homeless Man's Truck Is His Home, Judge Rules In Seattle

Mar 06, 2018
That means the city can't impound it, and the judge ordered that towing fees be refunded. A count last year found that more than 2,000 people who were homeless in Seattle were living in vehicles.
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Here & Now Compass
A man rests on top of a subway vent grate as a tourist walks past in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5.

Shelters Reach Capacity In Cold Weather As Homeless Population Rises

Jan 09, 2018
The population of people who are homeless increased for the first time since 2010, according the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and many shelters are having to turn people away.

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