Hacker News with Generative AI: Homelessness

How Los Angeles Is Getting Scorched by Its Homeless Problem (realclearinvestigations.com)
VENICE, Calif. – Francesca Padilla was awakened by the sound of screaming people and breaking glass. Soon she could hear the tortured howls of her neighbor’s dog Togo as the bungalow right next to her Venice home was engulfed in flames.

Homelessness, Los Angeles, California, Fire, Crime

4 points by mudil 14 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: How do I escape homelessness after rebuilding my mental health? (ycombinator.com)
I never thought I’d be here—but I’ve hit a wall I can’t break through alone. I’m asking for help, advice, ideas—anything practical—to get off the streets and back into stability.

Homelessness, Mental Health, Personal Finance, Support Networks

343 points by gremlinsinc 15 days ago | 230 comments

San Francisco homelessness: Park ranger helps one person at a time (sfstandard.com)
To watch park ranger Amanda Barrows is to be faced with a disturbing question: If this is what it takes to help one unhoused person, how can we manage thousands?

Homelessness, San Francisco, Social Issues, Community Action

381 points by NaOH 45 days ago | 706 comments

The Attraction of Homelessness (2009) (nytimes.com)
FOR nearly 13 years between 1994 and 2007, I wandered the streets of New York, a nomad in the town where I was born in 1949.

Homelessness, Personal Essay, Social Commentary, Memoir

13 points by bookofjoe 53 days ago | 5 comments

Ask HN: Have any of you become homeless? (ycombinator.com)
If so, how was it like? What happened?

Social Issues, Personal Experiences, Housing, Homelessness

13 points by thatxliner 78 days ago | 11 comments

Finland's zero homeless strategy (2021) (oecdecoscope.blog)
Following a period when homelessness rose in many countries, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic prompted governments across the OECD area to provide unprecedented public support – including to the homeless.

Homelessness, Finland, Public Policy, COVID-19

288 points by zdw 83 days ago | 629 comments

What I learned reporting in cities that take belongings from homeless people (propublica.org)
Some cities take people’s belongings — ignoring their own policies and court orders — and then fail to store them. Our reporting shows there are more effective and compassionate ways to deal with homeless encampments.

Homelessness, Journalism, Law, City Policy, Social Issues

73 points by bryanrasmussen 93 days ago | 128 comments

Toronto man creates tiny mobile homes to help unhoused people escape the cold (cbc.ca)
After seeing people sleeping outside in the cold year-after-year, a Toronto man is building tiny mobile homes attached to bicycles to give temporary relief to those who are unhoused.

Homelessness, Social Impact, Design, Innovation, Toronto

268 points by colinprince 94 days ago | 198 comments

Tiny home on a bicycle provides shelter for the chronic homeless (tinytinyhomes.ca)
At Tiny Tiny Homes, we believe everyone deserves a safe place to call home. We've developed a tiny home on a bicycle to provide shelter for those experiencing chronic homelessness. Join us in our mission to replace unsafe tent encampments with secure, mobile homes and help rebuild lives with dignity and hope.

Homelessness, Housing, Sustainability, Design, Social Impact

14 points by cf100clunk 95 days ago | 18 comments

America in Two Headlines (kenklippenstein.com)
Homelessness in America has risen by 18 percent overall, according to the latest annual data released Friday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Hardest hit were families with children, which experienced a staggering 39 percent increase in homelessness(!). Incredibly, in a press release accompanying the new data, the Biden administration says that it “has been tackling the nation’s homelessness crisis with the urgency it requires,” downplaying the data as not current enough.

Homelessness, Social Issues, Politics, United States

50 points by miles 95 days ago | 44 comments

U.S. homelessness jumps to record high amid affordable housing shortage (npr.org)
More than 770,000 people were living in shelters or outside in January, according to an annual federal report on homelessness by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Homelessness, Housing, Social Issues, United States

112 points by geox 95 days ago | 217 comments

Elon Musk calls homelessness a 'lie' and 'propaganda' (independent.co.uk)
To Elon Musk, the word “homeless” is a “lie” and “a propaganda word”.

Elon Musk, Homelessness, Propaganda

26 points by tastyface 111 days ago | 11 comments

Daniel Penny found not guilty in chokehold death of homeless man (bbc.com)
Former US Marine Daniel Penny has been found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide for putting a homeless man in a fatal chokehold.

Crime, Law, Homelessness

11 points by tartoran 114 days ago | 0 comments

Why housing shortages cause homelessness (worksinprogress.co)
Why do high-cost cities have more homelessness? It’s not just about rents — it’s also about the rooms friends and family can’t afford to share.

Housing, Homelessness, Urban Planning, Economics

90 points by apsec112 118 days ago | 138 comments

The Invisible Man: Homelessness in America (esquire.com)
We see right through the unshowered soul living in a car by the beach, or by the Walmart, or by the side of the road. But he’s there, and he used to be somebody. He still is. A firsthand account of homelessness in America.

Homelessness, Social Issues, Personal Accounts, America

49 points by qkeast 128 days ago | 19 comments

What happened when a city started accepting - not evicting - homeless camps (bbc.com)
As cities across North America grapple with homelessness, one Canadian city has taken a different approach by regulating tent encampments instead of banning them, as it tries to tackle what one official calls the issue "of the decade".

Homelessness, Urban Planning, Social Policy, Canada

40 points by amichail 129 days ago | 115 comments

Homeless people to be given cash in first major UK trial to reduce poverty (theguardian.com)
Researchers are conducting the UK’s first major scientific trials to establish whether giving homeless people cash is a more effective way of reducing poverty than traditional forms of help.

Homelessness, Poverty, Social Experiments, UK, Government Programs

22 points by helsinkiandrew 130 days ago | 80 comments

UCLA professor says he's homeless due to low pay (kron4.com)
In a now-viral TikTok video, Dr. Daniel McKeown, a professor at UCLA, claims low pay has left him homeless, shocking many of his followers.

Homelessness, Education, Social Issues, University Professors, Viral Content

82 points by iancmceachern 172 days ago | 112 comments

UCLA astrophysics professor says he's homeless due to low pay (ktla.com)
In a now-viral TikTok video, Dr. Daniel McKeown, a professor at UCLA, claims low pay has left him homeless, shocking many of his followers.

Homelessness, Academia, Viral Content, Social Media

17 points by hentrep 173 days ago | 1 comments

California fails to track its homelessness spending or results, a new audit says (calmatters.org)
Exactly how much is California spending to combat homelessness — and is it working?

Homelessness, Government Spending, Audits, California

70 points by wslh 192 days ago | 55 comments

CA Governor seeks to harness the power of GenAI to address homelessness (gov.ca.gov)

Generative AI, California, Homelessness, Government

7 points by puttycat 209 days ago | 9 comments

Scenes from San Francisco's Unhoused Encampment Sweeps (kqed.org)

San Francisco, Homelessness, Social Issues, News

18 points by rising-sky 227 days ago | 4 comments

San Francisco takes harder line against homeless camps, defying its reputation (nytimes.com)