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Northern Virginia high school AD implicated in scheme to exploit homelessness to recruit players
RESTON, Va. (AP) — A high school athletic director in northern Virginia has been implicated in a scheme to use homelessness as a way to recruit more football players. The Fairfax County Times newspaper reported it has obtained a series of text messages that implicate Hayfield...
Busing people out of homelessness: How California’s relocation programs really work
Mayor London Breed, outgoing mayor of San Francisco, made waves recently with a major policy shift: Before providing a shelter bed or any other services, city workers must first offer every homeless person they encounter a bus or train ticket to somewhere else. But while San...
Louisiana judge halts state police plans to clear New Orleans homeless camps before Thanksgiving
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana civil court judge on Monday halted state agencies' plans to forcibly clear homeless encampments in New Orleans. Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Ethel Julien issued a temporary restraining order blocking state police and two other agencies...
Massachusetts will phase out use of hotels and motels to shelter homeless families, governor says
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts' reliance on hotels and motels to shelter homeless people will be phased out in the next couple of years, Gov. Maura Healey said Friday, outlining changes to the state's emergency family shelter system. The Democratic governor said the changes would help...
In Portland, Oregon, political outsider Keith Wilson elected mayor after homelessness-focused race
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Voters in Portland, Oregon, have elected political outsider Keith Wilson as their new mayor, following a campaign in which he capitalized on years of growing frustration over homeless encampments, open drug use and quality of life concerns to outperform three City Council...
Haitian activists demand halt to deportations as gang violence and poverty soar
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian activists on Thursday demanded that other countries temporarily stop deportations to their country due to a surge in gang violence and deepening poverty. Tens of thousands of people have been deported to Haiti in the past month, mostly from the...
California sues LA suburb for temporary ban of homeless shelters
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California filed a lawsuit against a Los Angeles suburb on Monday, alleging the city's recent moratorium on homeless shelters and temporary housing violates the state's fair housing and anti-discrimination laws. The lawsuit is part of an ongoing effort by...
Vermont is opening two emergency family shelters, and planning a third
WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — The state of Vermont is opening two emergency family shelters on Friday after hundreds of the most vulnerable people experiencing homelessness had to leave state-funded motel rooms this fall as new caps on that pandemic-era emergency housing program took effect. ...
Maui considers new law to regulate homeless sweeps
Maui County Council members are working on a bill to establish procedures for sweeps of homeless people to ensure their rights are protected after a Hawaii Supreme Court ruling against the county. “We have to treat these folks with dignity. We cannot put trauma upon trauma to some...
Judge blocks further sweeps of homeless camp in New Orleans ahead of Taylor Swift concerts
A judge in Louisiana has temporarily blocked further efforts by state officials to clear homeless encampments in New Orleans — stalling a push that came ahead of three Taylor Swift concerts in the city this weekend. The effort to relocate about 75 people living in tents beneath an...
