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A law passed in the far-left state of Oregon permits the homeless to sue the city for up to $1,000 if they feel harassed or threatened.

A Las Vegas man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting a homeless individual in a drainage canal where he lived in February. 

reland has been completely overwhelmed by migrant arrivals with an emergency housing plan for would-be asylum seekers having now fallen through.

California lost roughly half a million people between the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic and mid-2022.

Homelessness in England has risen by over a quarter over last year as thousands of migrants are put up in hotels at taxpayer expense.

A couple in Southeast Portland, Oregon, said Tuesday that a fire originating from an abandoned home next door, occupied by squatters, nearly spread to their property.

The largest homeless encampment in Washington, DC, situated just blocks from the White House, was cleared out by the National Park Service on Wednesday.

Restaurateur, Joe Germanotta, who is pop star Lady GaGa’s father, blasted “filthy” and crime infested New York City and says that crime has caused his businesses to lose money.

California’s Bay Area Rapid Transit Agency (BART) spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a homeless outreach program that reportedly helped one person.

Newly-inaugurated Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has set a goal of moving 17,000 homeless people off the streets in her first year in office — roughly 40% of the total homeless population.

Richie Greenberg, former independent mayoral candidate in San Francisco, California, said on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Sunday with host Joel Pollak that the majority of the city’s residents have “no hope for a return” to the normalcy of its “pre-pandemic” status quo.

The owner of a San Francisco art gallery who was caught on video spraying a homeless woman on the sidewalk with water from a garden hose has been arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery in the incident.

Some 7-Eleven store owners across the country have resorted to blaring classical and opera music to deter homeless individuals from loitering outside their stores.

A taxpayer watchdog group is warning that a new tax on certain property sales in the City of Los Angeles to raise funds for dealing with homelessness will hurt middle-class renters by forcing landlords to charge more.

Homeless people are dying in the doorways of storefronts on the streets of L.A. amid a nationwide surge in deaths among the homeless population in the midst of a cold and stormy winter.

A coalition of exasperated local business owners in Santa Monica, California, has hung a sign on the iconic 3rd Street Promenade: “Santa Monica Is NOT Safe: CRIME… DEPRAVITY… OUTDOOR MENTAL ASYLUM.”

Tens of thousands of economic migrants invited by the nation’s border chief are displacing Americans from homeless shelters pre-Christmas, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Newly-inaugurated Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declared a “State of Emergency on Homelessness” in her first major act in office on Monday morning, suspending rules that slow efforts to move people off the street.

Los Angeles Mayor-elect Karen Bass is set to be inaugurated on Sunday — and so city crews have been moving a homeless encampment from outside City Hall, hoping to avoid any unpleasant visuals when she is sworn in.

San Francisco hotels are demanding millions of dollars from the city to compensate them for damage incurred while housing the homeless under a municipal government program launched during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A homeless man living on Hollywood Boulevard, who built a moving wooden house on wheels, is receiving mixed reactions among local residents.

The Salt Lake City Council voted Tuesday night to approve a land lease that will pave the way for the construction of a village of affordable tiny homes. The village will provide a cost-effective means of proving housing to the homeless population of the city. The project is modeled after an already successful program in Austin, Texas.

Democrat Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler is planning next week to propose three sanctioned mega homeless camps called “campuses” as the city suffers from an out-of-control homeless crisis. 

Most Americans believe homelessness has worsened under President Joe Biden’s leadership, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Monday found.

A Portland mother was startled when she discovered a homeless woman sleeping in her ten-year-old son’s bed. The intruder was released the following day by the county’s liberal district attorney.

The homeless population in Los Angeles County grew 4.1% over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, reaching 69,144 people, according to statistics released Thursday by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA). The City of Los Angeles also saw an increase, albeit a smaller one of 1.7%, bringing the total to 41,980 homeless people.

Families in Democrat-run Portland are fleeing the city due to out-of-control homelessness and crime, according to a report.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced months ago that he would begin sending migrants to Democrat-controlled “sanctuary cities” — a fitting destination for the flood of illegal immigration triggered by President Joe Biden’s lax border policy.

Poll findings suggest that “U.S. cities could be facing an uptick in hunger and homelessness in the next coming months.”

The homeless population in Sacramento County has now surpassed San Francisco’s, a 67 percent increase since 2019.

American cities “have abdicated their responsibility in fighting crime,” said Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who is a Democratic donor.

Police in San Jose, California, uncovered $100,000 worth of stolen goods in an underground bunker at a homeless encampment this week. 

A disturbing video shows a group of children getting off the bus in San Francisco and walking through a sea of homeless drug addicts who appear to be shooting up in the middle of the street.

Left-wing pop singer and Joe Biden backer Cher took a swipe at California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom in a tweet on Sunday, blasting him for the state’s out of control homeless problem.

U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter approved a settlement Wednesday between the City of Los Angeles and a homeless advocacy group, under which the city will provide 16,000 beds or housing units to those living on the streets.

An analysis from WalletHub revealed that Washington, DC, is at the bottom of the list (Number 51) in most equality categories and overall.