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Connect virtually with NBC 5 and the Austin Street Center for the 20th Annual Humble Beginnings Luncheon. The virtual event will take place as a live stream, Friday, September 25, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. Tickets are available at www.austinstreet.org/humble-beginnings-tickets. Austin Street Center’s Humble Beginnings Virtual Luncheon will be hosted by Co-Chairs Rev. Richie Butler and Chris Kleinert, featuring Tony...

Advocates estimate 20 million Americans spend more than 30% of income on rent and are likely to experience homelessness. They predict numbers will rise during the pandemic.

A proposal before city council members would turn unused hotel space into permanent supportive housing for that faceless chronic homelessness and most vulnerable to COVID-19.

On Friday, July 31st, M.T.O. Shahmaghsoudi® School of Islamic Sufism® located in Frisco celebrated Eid al-Adha, one of the holiest days on the Islamic calendar known as a time of pilgrimage, charity and community, by supporting unsheltered youth served by CitySquare’s TRAC Program (Transition Resource Action Center). The group delivered 200 backpacks filled with personal hygiene items to the...

A Place at the Table is a nonprofit restaurant that serves people who can’t afford to pay the cost of their meal side-by-side with those who can. The Raleigh, N.C.-based restaurant is owned by Maggie Kane, who wanted to create a place where the homeless can eat a meal with dignity.

A homeless man who risked his life to save the life of a D.C. police officer was reunited with his family this week after they spotted him on TV. They hadn’t seen him in eight years and had thought he was dead.  John Burrows jumped into action when he saw another homeless man attacking a police officer in downtown...

The Fort Worth Convention Center is currently undergoing deep cleaning after the building served as a temporary overflow emergency shelter for those experiencing homelessness the past three months, according to a press release from the city of Fort Worth.

At City College of San Francisco, a dozen or so students have formed a community, living off the grid in solar-powered camper vans at the edge of campus, building and maintaining their tiny homes together. Faced with some of the highest rent in the world, some say it’s a financial decision to emerge from school with a small savings, rather...

On Thursday, Dallas city crews came to clear out a homeless encampment near North Central Expressway and Royal Lane in Dallas, a pattern that’s been repeated there about a half a dozen times in the last year, and at other homeless encampments across the city.

In the shadow of Los Angeles’ world-famous Hollywood sign sits the newest LA landmark: piles of uncollected, rat-infested garbage, much of it piling up near homeless encampments. Even though Mayor Eric Garcetti pledged an additional $6 million per year last June to improve trash pick-up around encampments in Hollywood and across the entire city, the problem in some areas appears…

On any given night in Texas, as many as 26,000 people are living in the streets, with Dallas hosting the most homeless individuals in the state. We know that because each year, hundreds of volunteers hit the streets to count the homeless for the annual Point in Time (PIT) count. The event is scheduled for this Thursday, Jan. 23. The…

The federal government is reporting a 2.7% increase in the nation’s homeless population driven by a spike in California, according to an annual count that took place in January 2019.

A man was found dead outside Los Angeles City Hall early Wednesday, likely the 963rd homeless person to die on the streets of LA County in 2019, officials said. “It really hits home when one of those human beings passes away in front of our workplace,” LA City Attorney Mike Feuer told reporters. Feuer was about to discuss his concerns…

The Supreme Court will not review an appellate decision that makes it harder for cities to keep homeless people from sleeping on the streets. The justices on Monday did not comment as they left in place a ruling that struck down a Boise, Idaho, ordinance. The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals applies across several Western states...

Angela Sanchez went from poverty to professional, and now, the formerly homeless teenager is writing children’s books designed to break down the stigma of homelessness.

Dallas Hope Charities (DHC) has a mission to inspire a vibrant, inclusive and progressive volunteer force in the fight against homelessness and hunger.

Discussing Toast for Charity with their Co-Founders, Dr. Lamar Quinn and Lauren Quinn. To learn more,donate, volunteer or become a sponsor, visit www.toastforcharity.org.

City Councilman Kevin Felder wants to train people who are homeless to catch and care for stray dogs that can become pets.

How do you fix two of Dallas’s biggest problems, homelessness and stray dogs? City Councilman Kevin Felder may be new on the job, but he’s got an idea. He wants to train people who are homeless to catch and care for stray dogs that can become pets.