Dad's Place in Bryan, Ohio, offered lodging to homeless people partly in response to the city's housing shortage, according to the church's lawsuit against city officials. First Liberty Institute hide caption
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Beverly Hills Police Chief Mark Stainbrook, left, Mayor Karen Bass and Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore announce the arrest of a suspect in three recent killings of homeless men, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, in Los Angeles. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
Eric Perkins says the kitchen is what sold him on the two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment in Norfolk, Va., that he found through a shared housing program. Parker Michels-Boyce for NPR hide caption
Roommate wanted: Homeless people are pairing up as a way around the housing crisis
A demonstrator holds a sign in the Mission in San Francisco on Nov, 16 calling for shelter-in-place hotel rooms to remain available for unhoused residents. Beth LaBerge/KQED hide caption
California Struggles To House Thousands Of Homeless Placed In Hotels During Pandemic
Buckshot Cunningham lived without housing for years before he moved into a small cottage at Hope Village, a shelter run by the nonprofit Rogue Retreat in southern Oregon. April Ehrlich/Jefferson Public Radio hide caption
Law Enforcement Officials Argue Rural Homeless Services Worsen Problem
Tents housing homeless line a street near the LAPD Central Community Police Station in downtown Los Angeles. Richard Vogel/AP hide caption
Growing up, Liam Foley (left) was in charge of dishes and never cooked. He was still able to help chop the onions, though, at a burrito-making project for the poor in San Francisco. Alan Greenblatt/NPR hide caption
Elizabeth Hadley and Lisa Barbin light candles at the 28th annual Interfaith Homeless Memorial Service to remember homeless people who died in Boston in 2017. Robin Lubbock/WBUR hide caption
City workers wash down streets and sidewalks Monday in an effort to control a hepatitis A outbreak in San Diego. Susan Murphy/KPBS hide caption
Vigil attendees march down 14th Street NW in Washington, D.C., carrying a casket memorializing the homeless who died this year Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Vigils Honor The Homeless Who Died As They Lived: On The Streets
People in Denver line the sidewalks near the Denver Rescue Mission in October. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images hide caption
Sylvia Welker feeds the pigeons on Skid Row in Los Angeles. There are currently 47,000 homeless people in and around Los Angeles. Gloria Hillard for NPR hide caption
On LA's Skid Row, Homeless Women Seek Shelter From The Streets
Los Angeles resident Elvis Summers poses with his tiny house on wheels he built. Summers never thought more than 5.6 million people would watch a YouTube video of him constructing the 8-foot-long house, which is small enough to fit in a parking space. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
LA Officials Bring The Hammer Down On Tiny Houses For Homeless
The point-in-time count for the homeless population often misses those who crash on friends' couches or stay in cheap motels due to a lack of shelters. Dale Dean, from Cheyenne, Wyo., is one of them. Miles Bryan/Wyoming Public Radio hide caption
In Rural America, Homeless Population May Be Bigger Than You Think
From Dust Bowl refugees to post World War II travelers, people have long been drawn to Route 66 to make a change. That same story of transformation is still being told in the old 66 Motel. Laurel Morales/KJZZ hide caption