Homelessness

San Francisco, as part of its efforts to provide shelter to the unhoused, can resume removing illegal encampments that often block sidewalks, stree...

Judges for the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday appeared poised to answer San Francisco’s pleas for clarity in how it can legally r...

A statewide study released this week by the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative provides important insights into California&...

The mayors of the Bay Area’s two largest cities are proposing to shift resources allocated to addressing homelessness away from new permanent hou...

Like many jurisdictions across California, San Francisco has for years prioritized the construction of permanent housing over shelters to address t...

With an estimated 170,000 Californians experiencing homelessness on any given day, it’scritical that we find fast, affordable housing solutions. ...

Street sleeping is unhealthy for people experiencing homelessness and carries with it a higher risk of chronic disease, infectious disease, injury,...

Providing permanent housing is the end goal for addressing our homelessness crisis and getting unhoused people off the streets and into settings wh...

Unsheltered homelessness costs lives. This winter alone, six homeless residents died in the cold on a single night in San Jose; one burned alive in...

The Bay Area Council on Thursday (May 26) hosted a webinar exploring the complex legal issues surrounding the proliferation of homeless encampments...