About 125,000 people sleep in a shelter on any given night and 41,000 of them are children, according to data compiled by ...

The development of New York’s shelter system helped some, yet many of the newly homeless tried, and quickly rejected, city shelters that were not safe or adequate. They resorted to living in the ...

In some ways, the prodigy now starring for Arkansas in the N.C.A.A. tournament is an urban basketball archetype. But this is ...

A group of concerned citizens has come together to address the growing problem of homelessness in Elmira after the city council outlawed most camping.

Recently, each day in New York City politics brings new distractions, while problems mount. And those most at risk — those ...

Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn residents are rallying against the construction of a homeless shelter in their community. Many say ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Mayor Daniel Lurie was walking along the corridor to his private office when he paused and pointed to a ...

Despite housing assistance programs, NYC’s homeless youth face insurmountable roadblock leaving many stuck in shelters or on ...

The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into homeless shelters in New York City, CBS News New York has learned.

Advocates and lawmakers focused on ways to address homelessness and increase housing supply at the New York State Capitol on ...

Several hotels in New York City that have been used as foreign migrant shelters are under criminal investigation by the Department of Justice over the management and funding of places that have helped ...

Seniors from some of the nation’s most expensive high schools travel each year to a luxury resort in the Bahamas — trips that ...