Hotel scheme 'will cut rough sleeping after virus' →
Giving rough sleepers rooms in hotels should lead to a significant long-term reduction in rough sleeping after the coronavirus outbreak, says a charity for homeless people. BBC NEWS
Read MoreSan Francisco fights coronavirus by finding the homeless a home →
The city has leased trailers and hotel rooms to quarantine homeless people showing signs of infection. It’s also moving some of the 2,000 people in its shelters to new locations throughout the city so they aren’t crowded together. BLOOMBERG
Read MoreThis village for the homeless just got a new addition: 3D-printed houses →
Icon, the Austin-based startup that designed the 3D printer, is building six small homes on the site, called Community First! Village, and recently began using the same technology to build homes in Mexico for people living in extreme poverty, creating the world’s first 3D-printed neighbourhood. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreCalifornia to make state buildings available to house homeless →
California's homeless population soared 16% last year to around 151,000 with a statewide scarcity of affordable housing one of the root causes. PLACE
Read MoreFinding patients where they live: Street medicine grows, along with homeless population →
The four-person medical team Feldman leads offers care to some of the sickest people in L.A. by meeting them where they live, on the street. The patients don’t have to schedule appointments, find transportation to the clinic, pick up prescriptions or pay for their treatment — barriers that make homeless people much sicker and more likely to die young than others. LOS ANGELES TIMES
Read MoreMothers who occupied vacant Oakland house will be allowed to buy it →
Intervention of California governor helps Moms 4 Housing group score victory in fight against state’s homeless crisis. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreThe Oakland women who took over a vacant lot to house the homeless →
As homeless encampments continue to get shut down or swept up, some local lawmakers are looking at the 37MLK camp as a model. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreZappos wants to help build a geodesic dome city for Las Vegas’s homeless residents →
Geodesic dome-maker Geoship has announced plans to build transitional dome villages for Vegas residents without places to live. The first prototypes will be near the shoe company’s headquarters. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreHomelessness is not inevitable and can be solved – these cities show us how →
Big national strategies often struggle to make progress but, from Trieste to Helsinki, individual cities are reducing – and even ending – homelessness . THE GUARDIAN
Read More'Stigma follows us': Cape Town's homeless, transgender women fight for recognition →
SistaazHood, a group of transgender, homeless, sex workers in South Africa, has become a growing voice on issues from the legalisation of sex work to better access to healthcare. PLACE
Read MoreThe psychiatrist helping mentally ill people left to wander India's streets →
Dr Vatwani has spent three decades reuniting patients with mental health problems with their families. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreTech tool aims to stop 'bottlenecks' in reaching UK homeless →
Thousands of people sleep rough on England's streets every night, and they have become an increasingly common sight in major cities including London, Birmingham and Manchester. PLACE
Read MoreVillage in UK opens for military veterans →
More than 40 former service personnel are preparing to move into a “veterans' village”. The £8m facility at Wilton Hill, near Salisbury in Wiltshire, is thought to be the first of its type in the country, helping veterans who may otherwise be homeless. BBC NEWS
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