Neighborhoods & Housing

5+ hour, 41+ min ago   (383+ words) A former hotel will remain a homeless hostel until 2028, despite planning permission to turn the site into homes. Beales Hotel in Hatfield will remain a 53-room YMCA hostel until March 31, 2028, after Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council approved its continued use. The…...

1+ hour, 39+ min ago   (892+ words) Starz In Their Eyes Tuesday, 15 September 2026 14:29 By Joe Willis, Local Democracy Reporter North Yorkshire Council has rejected claims circulating on social media that more than 100 homes being acquired under a council housing programme are intended for asylum seekers. Deputy council…...

11+ hour, 8+ min ago   (365+ words) As Prime Minister Andy Burnham called ending street homelessness a "moral mission," pledging to offer rough sleepers a route off the streets by Christmas, BCP Council has recently been offered a £4.7 million government grant to address the issue. Sara Turner,…...

4+ hour, 57+ min ago   (943+ words) The DPS Social Commitment Programme: Scale offers an accelerator learning programme and grant funding for established organisations in England and Wales working to address the causes and consequences of homelessness. Delivered by the School for Social Entrepreneurs in partnership with…...

5+ hour ago   (218+ words) FILE: Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson promised 1,000 new shelter beds a year. On Monday, she released a plan that cuts that promise in half. Under the plan, the city would add 960 beds over the next two years....

3+ hour, 13+ min ago   (469+ words) A planning application for a controversial night shelter in Glasgow city centre has been refused. Councillors have voted to reject Homeless Project Scotland's retrospective planning application for its night shelter and soup kitchen on Glassford Street in Merchant City. The…...

1+ hour, 50+ min ago   (260+ words) SALEM, OR – Two Oregon tribes will receive nearly $10 million in federal funding to build more affordable housing, Oregon’s two Democratic senators announced. The Warm Springs Housing Authority and the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians will each receive…...

5+ hour, 52+ min ago   (513+ words) On Sept. 1, Miami-Dade County gave Kelly Tractor Co., a heavy farming equipment dealer, the green light to build a new headquarters beyond the Urban Development Boundary—the legal limit between protected wetlands and urban construction. Concrete will be poured over…...

56+ min ago   (188+ words) There are an estimated 12,077 people in Quebec who are visibly unhoused. A new report finds that it costs Quebec $1.15-billion per year to support the province’s homeless population. According to the Union of Quebec Municipalities, it costs $95,284 annually to support…...

8+ hour, 8+ min ago   (550+ words) The Human Services Coalition hosted a forum, "Centering the Voices of Tompkins County's Unhoused Youth," on Sept. 9 in the Tompkins County Public Library’s Borg Warner Room. The event was cosponsored by the Tompkins County Homeless & Housing Task Force. Maley said…...