So, there's some serious talk about how the homeless situation in the U.S. is getting bigger, and it's hitting some states way more than others. The top states where this is a big deal? Think ...

Homelessness in America hit a grim milestone in recent years, and the numbers keep telling an uneven story depending on where you look. Some states carry an outsized share of the national total simply ...

Homelessness in Los Angeles is showing signs of a shifting and increasingly unstable population, even in neighborhoods long associated with the crisis, according to new research and survey results ...

On the Tuesday, December 30, 2025, episode of The Excerpt podcast: The issue of homelessness continues to plague the U.S. One of the demographics hit hardest is students under the age of 18. USA TODAY ...

For years, America’s homelessness debate has been dominated by cautionary tales. The sprawling tent encampments of Los Angeles and San Francisco have become shorthand for urban decline. Those and ...

Donald Trump’s policy on the homeless is not “housing first” (to state the obvious). It is “incarceration first,” for despite its minimally commendable emphasis on treatment for the insane unhoused, ...

The number of homeless veterans decreased by only 387 people over the course of 2024, a smaller decrease than the change for the overall number of unhoused Americans, according to the newly released ...

Economic pain at home and abroad from the war in Iran is placing millions of Americans at risk of financial ruin, following years of housing scarcity and employment volatility. Brian Goldstone, in his ...

By Yetimoni Kpeebi and Brandon Marc Finn Recent population estimates show that Charlotte, North Carolina, is the fastest-growing large city in the United States. The city added more than 20,000 ...

Michael Torres, left, prepares to take his dogs for a walk as Diana Olivo, right, reflects on the challenges of being homeless on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. They and three children have been sharing a ...

Henny Youngman began his famous comedy routine, “Take my wife—please.” I’m beginning this series of columns, “Take Gil Rife Jr.—please.” I spent hours with Gil at Eden Village, a Missouri homeless ...