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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.

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.

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.

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.

A Washington man called 911 during a police pursuit and claimed the chase was illegal, citing a 2021 law passed by Democrats in the state.

San Francisco’s crime, homelessness, and pandemic restrictions prompted an exodus that one recall election won’t solve easily.

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that part of the problem with drugs and homelessness in various major cities is a policy approach that “Nothing is better than anything else” and that “everything is positive. Everything is not positive. You should be ashamed that you’re using, that might get you to stop.”

San Francisco’s Democrat mayor London Breed has a plan to end homelessness for people who claim they are transgender — but her plan could mean women get pushed to the back of the line, says a critic.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced the formation of a commission to study the decriminalisation of marijuana in the British capital

The Orange County coroner’s office has been ordered to pay $1.5 million to the family of a homeless man whom they were told was dead — though he was actually still alive, and a different homeless man had been buried in their loved one’s grace.

A shocking 39 percent of employees who work in New York City offices are considering fleeing the Big Apple, a poll reveals.

An intense manhunt to find the man suspected of shooting five homeless men, two fatally, has been identified at 30-year-old Gerald Brevard.

The manhunt for the individual believed to have shot 5 homeless people in Washington, DC, and New York City came to an end on Tuesday.

Crime and homelessness are among the top concerns of California voters — but Democrats ignored them at their recent statewide convention, preferring instead to focus on what they called Republican-led attacks on “democracy.”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom released a new proposal to allow counties to intervene with homeless individuals and remove them from the streets into a system called the “CARE Court” that would refer them to mental health services.

An NYC man, who allegedly slashed a man in the face after yelling racial and homophobic slurs, appeared in court on hate crime charges Tuesday.  

William Blount, 57, a reportedly homeless man, was arrested Sunday in connection to the brutal hammer assault of New York City (NYC) Health Department scientist Dr. Nina Rothschild, 57, as she entered a Queens subway station Thursday night.

NYC workers have seemingly paid no mind to a homeless man who has been siphoning electricity to his tent in a Manhattan park, per a report. 

Four people were stabbed in the New York City subway system on Saturday, just a day after Mayor Adams unveiled his plan to address subway safety.

The landlord of a women who was stabbed to death in her New York City apartment slammed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for tying rising crime to the expiration of the child tax credit.

A homeless man and self-proclaimed “old-school junkie,” James, reportedly moved from Texas to San Francisco, California because “it’s f*****g easy” to get money and food stamps from the city, as it pays for him to have Amazon Prime and Netflix on his phone.

A Venice community association is warning LA officials of potential lawsuits if the city does not adequately address homeless encampments.

Landlords and residents in California’s Bay Area are being asked to take in vagrants as homelessness continues to spiral out of control. 

A Los Angeles city councilman has introduced a ballot measure that would dock salaries of city officials if goals to address homelessness included in the measure are not reached.

A homeless woman allegedly tried to steal an infant girl from her grandmother in Venice, CA, before hurling coffee in the baby’s face.

Shawn Laval Smith, the suspect in the murder of UCLA grad student Brianna Kupfer, was arrested on Wednesday afternoon in Pasadena.

Controversial left-wing Los Angeles City Council member Mike Bonin appears to have escaped a recall election after the city clerk disqualified over 13,000 signatures, leaving proponents 1,350 short of the number needed.

Former UFC/MMA champion Jake Shields said that if the intro to Full House were to be filmed today, the park in front of the home headed by the recently deceased Bob Saget would be filled with “Heroin needles and human shit and is a hot spot for robberies and car theft.”