Whether people are fleeing armed conflict or extreme weather, time is of the essence when it comes to setting up temporary shelters and getting people to safety. Simply put — when disaster strikes, ...

As the cost of living spikes in tandem with homelessness rates across the country, various cities have begun exploring the idea of converting vacant spaces — like former shopping malls, defunct ...

‍Nour El-Naboulsi is a Burlington, Vermont farmer — but he doesn’t tend to a field of crops or a clearing of cattle. As the executive director of Village Hydroponics, El-Naboulsi oversees the ...

There is a sad reality behind the pomp and circumstance of Mardi Gras celebrations: for years, parade horses were brought into the city by horse brokers only to be sold to slaughter once the fanfare ...

Picture yourself walking through your neighborhood. You pass a woman on the street, sitting beside a cardboard sign asking for spare change. She is a stranger experiencing homelessness, and you don’t ...

For four years, volunteer knitters, crocheters, and sewists have created handmade blankets for the annual Homeless Memorial Blanket Project. Their goal — outside of blanketing those experiencing ...

Michelin-starred chef Adam Simmonds has a lot to celebrate when he looks back on his career as a chef. But Home Kitchen, Simmonds’ high-end restaurant in London’s Primrose Hill, is especially notable.

A former Stay Inn Hotel in Denver, Colorado has sat vacant for approximately 18 months after the city first purchased it for $9 million. But now, it’s back on the market for the low, low price of just ...

In the fall of 2024, IKEA designed, built, and donated a housing unit to Towne Twin Village in San Antonio, Texas — a tiny home community devoted to getting homeless seniors off the streets. But this ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. On a freezing cold Wednesday afternoon in eastern Kentucky, Taysha DeVaughan joined a small gathering at the ...

Before the Harris Community Village was a hybrid apartment complex and homeless shelter in Tooele, Utah, it was an elementary school. Harris Elementary School permanently closed in 2018, and the ...