Marlow says affordable housing, mental health, substance abuse are the main reasons the problem is getting worse. The United States saw an 18% increase in homelessness, with nearly 800,000 people ...

While all age groups agreed that homelessness was the city’s greatest challenge, younger Portlanders were far more concerned with the cost of living than those 60 years and older.

Aside from giving housing and homelessness its own box atop Gov. Gavin Newsom’s organizational chart, the reorg is supposed ...

A new statewide study focusing on homelessness in California found that the homeless population is aging, disproportionately represents minority groups and is predominantly made up of people who li… ...

In their University of California Press book “Homelessness is a Housing Problem,” authors Clayton Page Aldern and Gregg Colburn looked at various contributing issues of homelessness, including ...

This video explores the complex reasons behind Oakland's deterioration, from its weakening economy and high crime rates to a severe homelessness crisis and skyrocketing living costs.

For those earning less, it’s not just the cost-of-living penalty residents have to worry about — it's whether they can afford to live in California at all.

The rate of homelessness is rapidly rising across the country, in red and blue states, and for reasons that are as different as the geography.

Nearly half of California’s homeless people are over 50. Their numbers and needs are growing Researchers expect aging homeless population to grow ...

The study bolsters previous research which concluded that California’s chronic shortage of housing, which imposes crushing costs on low-income families, lies at the heart of the crisis.

California Democrats view their state as the progressive model that the country should follow. This model has led to rampant homelessness and the highest poverty rate in the country.

A new study by the University of California, San Francisco shows that homeless people in California were struggling with poor health and deep poverty before becoming homeless.