A garden which won awards at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show has found a new home in Plymouth. The Pathway Garden was inspired by the theme of homelessness and won the Silver-Gilt Medal and Best Environmental Innovation Award. It has been installed at the Shekinah centre – a charity which supports homeless people in Plymouth....
The proposed ordinance would restrict repeated camping and block encampments on sidewalks. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is urging cities and counties to adopt a newly released model ordinance aimed at banning and clearing homeless encampments. The proposal would prohibit unhoused people from repeatedly camping in the same location, restrict encampments that block pedestrian access...
Mayor Daniel Lurie was elected on a platform of cleaning up San Francisco’s streets, in particular dealing with drugs and homelessness. He’s been claiming some successes recently. The number of homeless tents are at the lowest levels on record. Every San Franciscan deserves clean, safe streets—and every person deserves a path to stability. We will...
*checks notes* Yup. That’s what it says right here. How bad is California’s housing crisis? A first-in-the-nation bill would let students live in cars. So…what in the wide, wide world of sports would compel someone to bring that up as a suggestion on any given campus, less mind introducing it as a legislative act? Well,...
Feds Create Task Force to Investigate Fraud, Corruption in California’s Homeless Services – HotAir
A potential scandal has been brewing in southern California. Back in February I wrote about what may have been just the tip of the iceberg. The person in charge of the LA Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) was caught signing a $2.1 million contract with her husband’s employer. A LAHSA spokesperson told LAist the contracts had...
Catherine Morrison BBC News NI BBC Fatima said her recovery “is not good” A homeless woman with lung cancer is sleeping on a makeshift bed in her friend’s living room because she says the accommodation offered by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) is unsuitable for her needs. Fatima, who is from Sudan, found out...
Joshua Nevett Political reporter BBC Sam Revell said she was placed in “horrendous” temporary accommodation Councils are exposing homeless children to serious health and safeguarding risks by housing them in unsuitable temporary accommodation, an inquiry by MPs has found. MPs said a “crisis in temporary accommodation” in England had left a record 164,000 children without...
Mark Savage Music correspondent Jimmy Fontaine Alex Warren has kept Chappell Roan off the top of the UK singles chart for the last two weeks Alex Warren is on top of the world. Ordinary, a song he wrote for his wife Kouvr after their wedding last year, is at number one in six different countries....
The Prince of Wales abandoned his car for a walking tour of Aberdeen with a homeless-friendly employer now working in the city. Prince William scrapped plans to be driven between events and opted for a 30-minute walk through the city led by Angus Stirling, who was once homeless. Mr Stirling now has a job as...