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1:   (HOMELESS) Homelessness Soars In New Orleans : As many as 6,000 homeless people inhabit the ruins left by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans five years ago. The count has been established by the nonprofit Unity of Greater New Orleans 08/27/2010 12:45 PM

2:   (HOMELESS CAMPS) Homeless Camp Review Panel Formed : Seattle, WA Mayor Mike McGinn forms a review panel to make recommendations on how the city should respond to homeless camps in light of drastic budget cuts and increasing need 08/20/2010 1:14 PM

3:   (HOMELESS PROGRAM) Report Slams NYC Shelter Effort : A study of Advantage, the New York City homeless shelter program that provides housing subsidies to homeless people who find stable jobs and leave shelters, slams the Bloomberg administration signature anti-poverty 08/13/2010 1:22 PM

4:   (HOMELESS) House Boosts Homeless Aid : Homeless Assistance Grants funding will be boosted by up to $335 million when a new HUD budget for FY2011 is completed, although the final number likely will be negotiated in conference 08/06/2010 10:41 AM

5:   (VETERANS) Joint Effort On Homelessness : Grants from HUD and the Dept. of Veterans Affairs totaling $15 million are part of a joint demonstration effort to prevent veteran homelessness. They represent the first such grants from the joint 07/30/2010 12:29 PM

6:   (HOMELESSNESS) Homeless Aid Grants Awarded : Homeless grants totaling $190 million are awarded by HUD to back 550 projects designed to aid as many as 20,000 homeless individuals and families 07/16/2010 12:53 PM

7:   (HOMELESS) Family Homelessness On Rise : Homelessness among individuals is down, but continues to rise among families, according to HUD's 2009 Annual Homeless Assessment Report 06/18/2010 12:18 PM

8:   (HOMELESS VETERANS) Housing For Homeless Veterans : A new HUD program will provide $58.6 million to get homeless veterans off the streets for a year. Housing vouchers will be provided to about 8,000 displaced veterans through the department's 06/11/2010 11:59 AM

9:   (HOMELESSNESS) NYC Homeless Funding Faces Cuts : Despite Mayor Michael Bloomberg's avowal in 2004 to cut homelessness in New York City by two-thirds within five years and end chronic homelessness in the long-term, the effort has been a 06/04/2010 12:37 PM

10:   (HOMELESS) Parking Meters Pay For Homeless Aid : Springfield, OR motorists will feed new parking meters but the money won't end up in city coffers. Instead, the revenue raised will aid the city's homeless population. The meter concept pioneered in 05/28/2010 1:07 PM

11:   (HOMELESSNESS) Push To End Motels For Homeless : Massachusetts lawmakers move to end the state practice of housing homeless persons in motels and hotels, a policy that costs the state $2 million a month. The state Senate proposes budgeting 05/21/2010 12:22 PM

12:   (BUILDING CODES) Church Aid To Homeless Threatened : Massachusetts Fire Marshal Stephen Coan will ask state officials to take a new look at new fire and building codes that could force churches to close their doors to the homeless during the summer. 05/13/2010 3:55 PM

13:   (RENOVATION) Phone Firm Building For Homeless : A former Michigan Bell telephone company in Detroit will be renovated to house the area's homeless population. The $50.5 million renovation will provide 155 apartments for the homeless and 05/13/2010 3:53 PM

14:   (HOMELESS CAMPS) Alaska Homeless Camp Raid Fought : The American Civil Liberties Union sues the state of Alaska to halt police raids on homeless camps where tents, sleeping bags and other personal belongings are seized and destroyed. ACLU claims 05/13/2010 3:51 PM

15:   (CONTINUUM CARE) Continuum Of Care Funding : Continuums of Care seeking shares of $1.68 billion in HUD FY2010 homeless assistance program funding can obtain initial instructions about the application process via the grant application 04/30/2010 12:17 PM

16:   (HOMELESS) HUD Wants Homelessness Redefined : HUD seeks comment through June 21 on various homelessness definitions as the department begins to consolidate three homeless assistance grant programs it administers into one 04/23/2010 11:48 AM

17:   (HOMELESSNESS) NYC To Require Homeless To Work : Homeless people in New York City will be required to get a job to qualify for rent subsidies, officials with Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration say. The move is intended to help the cash-strapped 04/16/2010 12:14 PM

18:   (HOMELESS) Illegal Housing Of Homeless Quashed : New York City lawmakers tell the Dept. of Homeless Services to stop referring homeless people to buildings that have been declared unsafe by city inspectors. At the same time, nine such 04/09/2010 12:45 PM

19:   (HOMELESS) Homelessness Reaching Crisis Stage : A nationwide count of homeless persons conducted by the Census Bureau over three days as part of the 2010 Census is expected to reveal a surge in the numbers of people forced from their homes 04/02/2010 12:46 PM

20:   (SHELTERS) Homeless Shelters Costly : After several years of promoting shelters to house homeless persons and doling out billions of dollars to achieve that goal, HUD now determines it costs less to rent apartments or build permanent 03/26/2010 12:47 PM

21:   (HOMELESS LODGING) Homeless Rental Aid Questioned : A proposed change to the Los Angeles County Sec. 8 housing voucher program would eliminate setting aside vouchers to help increase the supply of permanent supportive housing for homeless 03/12/2010 12:43 PM

22:   (ANNUAL COUNT) Annual Homeless Count Underway : Communities across the country are sending volunteers into the streets for HUD's annual one-day snapshot of homelessness. The counts are required by the department every other year as part of a 01/29/2010 12:42 PM

23:   (SHELTERS) Cold Snap Strains Homeless Programs : Homeless shelters across the nation are being pushed past their ability to accommodate increasing numbers of homeless persons and the late December infusion by HUD of FY 2009 appropriations 01/08/2010 12:39 PM

24:   (CITIES) Mayors Report Hunger Surge : A survey conducted by the U.S. Conference of Mayors reports a 26% increase in the demand for food assistance, the largest average increase since 1991. The survey shows an increase in family 12/11/2009 12:22 PM

25:   (TENT SHELTER) Large Tent Planned For Homeless : Homeless advocates in Grand Junction, CO attempt to persuade city leaders to allow erection of a 932-square foot tent at the city's downtown fringe to shelter the homeless. The group, Housing First! 11/20/2009 12:33 PM

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