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David Moran poses in his hotel room, paid for by a pandemic voucher program, at the Hilltop Inn in Berlin, Vt., Wednesday, June 16, 2021. Tens of thousands of homeless like Moran, who now has a job at Applebee’s, have been staying in hotels across the U.S. paid for by federal programs aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19. “I’m not going to be able to get a shower on a regular basis, which around food is not a good thing,” he said. “So I think there should be more available funds for people that are really trying.” (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
End to COVID-19 hotel housing for homeless raises worries

By Kelli Kennedy And Lisa Rathke Jun. 27, 2021 10:17 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
EXPLAINER: Will Wyoming do enough to limit evictions?

By Mead Gruver Jun. 25, 2021 03:01 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
EXPLAINER: Will pricey Hawaii do enough to limit evictions?

By Audrey Mcavoy Jun. 25, 2021 02:56 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
EXPLAINER: Aid may not be enough to prevent Kansas evictions

By Heather Hollingsworth Jun. 25, 2021 12:20 PM EDT

Pandemic hotel vouchers for about 700 homeless to end July 1

By Lisa Rathke Jun. 22, 2021 09:52 AM EDT
Vermont is ending its pandemic-related emergency housing in hotels and motels for some of the homeless population because the program is not sustainable, hotel...

FILE - This June 8, 2021 file photo shows the Supreme Court building in Washington. A Thursday, June 17, 2021 Supreme Court ruling that favored Catholic Social Services in Philadelphia was far from the constitutional gale wind that would have reshaped how courts interpret religious liberty under the First Amendment. Governmental entities are now on notice that if they want to ban discrimination against LGBTQ persons or anyone else, they had better not allow for any exceptions – or else religious groups will have the right to ask for them, and they'll have a strong case for getting them. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Catholic foster care agency wins Supreme Court verdict

By Jessica Gresko Jun. 17, 2021 03:20 PM EDT

Mobile clinics help get vaccine to homeless community

May. 27, 2021 09:30 AM EDT
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Health Department is working with community groups around the state to help Vermonters experiencing homelessness get...

Wisconsin Republicans reject funding to fight homelessness

By Scott Bauer May. 20, 2021 01:44 PM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans voted Thursday to reject more than $70 million in funding to combat homelessness in the state, a move that Democrats...

From left, Vedika Jawa, Anika Garikipati, Monica Quintana and Caitlin Starmer pose with freshly baked desserts inside the Abode Services homeless shelter in Fremont, Calif., on April 13, 2018. Jawa, a high school junior, distributes sweets to 15 shelters through a nonprofit she started when she was 13. (Abode Services via AP)
Teen baker sweetens lives making desserts for those in need

By Luis Andres Henao And Emily Leshner May. 20, 2021 10:05 AM EDT

A medic waits to administer Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine shots, at the Iran Mall shopping center in Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
The Latest: Conn. plans 'signing bonus' to boost job seeking

By The Associated Press May. 17, 2021 01:32 AM EDT

King County to buy hotels to permanently house 1,600 people

May. 11, 2021 08:01 PM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — King County will buy a hotel that has been housing people who are homeless in Seattle for roughly a year as well as four or five other hotels in...

A trashed wheel chair is seen on a homeless encampment on the side of the CA-101 highway in Echo Park neighborhood in Los Angeles Tuesday, May 11, 2021. California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday proposed $12 billion in new funding to get more people experiencing homelessness in the state into housing and to “functionally end family homelessness” within five years. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
California governor proposes $12B to house state's homeless

By Julie Watson And Janie Har May. 11, 2021 12:43 PM EDT

Oregon lawmakers vote to expedite emergency shelter process

By Sara Cline May. 03, 2021 09:00 PM EDT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A lack of adequate shelter beds has long plagued Oregon. It was recently estimated that 10,000 people in the state sleep outside on any...

Chief: Motel housing homeless during virus straining police

Apr. 28, 2021 11:42 AM EDT
BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — Criminal activity at a central Vermont motel that is serving as a homeless shelter during the coronavirus pandemic is straining the Berlin...

How Maryland is working to vaccinate its homeless population

By Tori Bergel Of Capital News Service Apr. 26, 2021 06:55 PM EDT
On March 5, 2020, Maryland’s first three positive cases of COVID-19 were confirmed. On March 30, 2020, Gov. Larry Hogan issued a stay-at...

A migrant walks towards Croatian border in Lipa near Bihac, Western Bosnia, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. A senior U.N. migration official on Wednesday urged respect of international standards and an end to any abuse against migrants and refugees crossing borders while searching for a better future. The Chief of Staff of the International Organization for Migration, Eugenio Ambrosi, called on governments to correct any wrongdoing affecting people fleeing war and poverty. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
Senior UN migration official visits migrant camps in Bosnia

By Darko Bandic Apr. 21, 2021 12:07 PM EDT

An elderly homeless woman walks in the corridor of the hospital for the homeless in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. A bitter conflict has emerged between Hungary’s right-wing government and the liberal leadership of the country's capital city over a hospital for the homeless that may soon have to close. The Budapest hospital provides medical and social services and shelter to more than 1,000 people annually. But the Hungarian government has ordered it to vacate the state-owned building it occupies. Budapest's mayor says the eviction will risk the lives of the hospital's homeless patients as Hungary struggles with a deadly COVID-19 surge. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)
Hungary's government spars with mayor over homeless hospital

By Justin Spike Apr. 21, 2021 04:55 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 25, 2016, file photo, homeless people sleep in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles. A federal judge overseeing a sweeping lawsuit about homelessness in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, ordered the city and county to find shelter for all unhoused residents of Skid Row within 180 days and audit any spending related to the out-of-control crisis of people living on the streets. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Judge orders LA to offer shelter for homeless on Skid Row

By Christopher Weber Apr. 20, 2021 05:38 PM EDT

Moira Andrews, a street outreach nurse for Neighborcare Health, speaks with Charles Ussery, 52, who lives in an encampment in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle on Monday, April 12, 2021. Andrews spoke with Ussery about the COVID-19 vaccines and answered questions in an effort to vaccinate people experiencing homelessness. Advocates say homeless people are at greater risk of being infected and greater risk of hospitalization and death than the average person, and they should have been prioritized earlier. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes)
Homeless Americans finally getting a chance at COVID-19 shot

By Carla K. Johnson Apr. 15, 2021 12:25 AM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, March 18, 2021 file photo, Bonney Ginett looks out the window of her apartment in the Queens borough of New York. Ginett, whose massage therapy business dried up during the pandemic, applied for help in July and said she was denied in October because she failed to prove loss of income. The 65-year-old New York City resident now owes more than $26,000 in back rent on her one-bedroom apartment and fears eviction. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)
EXPLAINER: The law and science behind the CDC’s eviction ban

By Drew Costley Apr. 13, 2021 09:41 AM EDT