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How a formerly homeless sneakerhead built a multimillion-dollar resale empire...
Jaysse Lopez and his wife, Joanie, are the co-owners of Urban Necessities, a sneaker and streetwear resale and consignment company that Lopez says brought in close to $21 million in sales last...
View ArticleCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom said the coronavirus could infect more than...
The coronavirus disease could infect more than 60,000 of California's 100,000-plus homeless population.Gov. Gavin Newsom said the infections could occur within the next eight weeks.The number of...
View ArticleThe CDC is advising cities like San Francisco to leave people living on the...
San Francisco has taken steps to protect its homeless community in the face of the coronavirus outbreak in the city.Among them is the aim to temporarily house those who have tested positive for the...
View ArticleA person at a San Francisco shelter is the first homeless resident in the...
A resident at a San Francisco homeless shelter is the first to be confirmed positive for COVID-19, the coronavirus disease, in the city.The resident was taken to a hotel room for...
View ArticleLA wants to open up 15,000 hotel rooms to the homeless during the coronavirus...
Following California Gov. Gavin Newsom's announcement last week that the state will secure 15,000 hotel rooms for its homeless residents, Los Angeles County set its own goal of securing 15,000 hotel...
View ArticleSan Jose is building hundreds of tiny homes for the homeless to help protect...
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo announced that the city would spend $17 million on prefabricated tiny homes for the homeless.San Jose has about 6,000 residents without reliable shelter and only 850 shelter...
View ArticlePersonal hygiene is more important than ever, but with businesses closed the...
Individuals experiencing homelessness have previously relied on the bathrooms at local businesses for running water.With businesses, gyms and libraries, and other services closed, many on the margins...
View ArticleHomeless New Yorkers say they have nowhere safe to sleep now that the subway...
New York City's subway system is now closed between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. for daily cleaning.The subways have long provided refuge to homeless New Yorkers, who now say they don't have anywhere safe to stay...
View ArticleThe San Francisco Bay Area is putting homeless people with COVID-19 in hotel...
California counties are sheltering homeless residents who are infected with COVID-19, or at high risk of getting infected, in hotels and motels.In the Bay Area, San Francisco and Contra Costa counties...
View ArticleAmazon has opened a homeless shelter in a high-rise on its Seattle campus —...
Amazon opened Washington state's largest family shelter in March.The shelter occupies eight floors at the company's Seattle headquarters. It's large enough to allow social distancing among homeless...
View ArticleAmazon just opened a permanent homeless shelter in its Seattle HQ, offering...
A homeless family shelter opened in Amazon's Seattle headquarters in March, as the coronavirus pandemic ramped up in the US.Mary's Place Family Center has been a safe place for families from other...
View Article20 rich and famous people who were once homeless
Before these stars graced red carpets, film screens, and book signings across the country, they were homeless.These inspiring rags-to-riches stories go to show that even the direst of situations can...
View ArticleCanadian researchers gave $7,500 to people without a home — and the results...
Summary List PlacementA Canadian charity recently conducted a bold social experiment: giving people experiencing homelessness a one-time cash infusion of $7,500.According to the researchers, the...
View ArticleOne in 200 people in the UK are homeless — Here's how this fund leverages...
Summary List PlacementEnvironment, Social and Governance investing hit the mainstream this year with a wide range of new investment products being launched. It is expected that ESG funds will outnumber...
View ArticleHomeless parents' lawsuit forcing New York City to provide WiFi for 114,000...
Summary List PlacementA lawsuit aimed at forcing New York City to provide WiFi for students in homeless shelters is moving forward to trial.US District Judge Alison Nathan ruled last week that the...
View ArticleSee inside the prefab tiny homes LA is building to combat the city's...
Summary List PlacementLos Angeles' homelessness crisis has been quietly brewing for several years now.To address this issue, nonprofit Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission has opened two colorful tiny...
View ArticleLA's first prefab tiny home village for the homeless opened this year as a...
Summary List PlacementIn February, an unassuming and "forgotten" corner of North Hollywood, Los Angeles, was transformed into a colorful village of tiny homes run by nonprofit Hope of the Valley Rescue...
View ArticleAn Amazon worker says she's homeless because she can't afford NYC rent with...
Summary List PlacementAn Amazon employee who works at the company's warehouse on Staten Island in New York City said she lives in her car in the building's parking lot because she can't afford rent in...
View ArticleCaitlyn Jenner wants to move homeless people to 'big open fields,' saying...
Summary List PlacementCaitlyn Jenner wants to deal with homelessness by having California's population of more than 60,000 homeless people moved to "big open fields."Speaking with the California...
View ArticleAre Tiny Homes built on oddly-shaped slivers of 'virtually unusable' city an...
Summary List PlacementBefore moving into the Red Barn, the nickname she's given her 8-by-8 foot house, Estella Ortiz had been homeless for six years. Not long ago, she was living on the same plot of...
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