Lawmakers push to expedite Pallet shelters opening amid cold weather, facing delays
Senate leaders are calling for Gov. Dan McKee to declare a state of emergency to help, saying it would "enable temporary ...
Des Moines city leaders move forward with plans to build homeless village
DES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines city leaders are moving forward with plans to build a "pallet shelter village" for homeless ...
Gaston County’s only homeless shelter closed last fall. Without it, ‘Where do they go?’
The Salvation Army closed the county’s only shelter, and government is shutting down a department. What are unhoused people ...
RI Senate leaders push McKee to declare state of emergency over homelessness. What they said.
Leaders hope that by declaring a state of emergency, it will clear the red tape keeping the Pallet shelters from being used ...
Lawmakers pushing McKee hard for public emergency declaration over homelessness. Will he do it?
At least 46 state lawmakers signed a petition urging McKee to declare a public health emergency, which McKee said he would ...
Des Moines City Council approves application to seek federal funding for homeless village
City officials voted unanimously to approve an application seeking federal funding for the project entailing 43 shelters ...
RI senators push for emergency declaration to address homelessness crisis
More than half of Rhode Island’s senators are urging Gov. Dan McKee to declare homelessness a state of emergency as ...
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Confusion, anxiety in a New Orleans homeless encampment before Jeff Landry's 'relocation'
But as people braced to move, confusion and anxiety spread Tuesday through homeless encampments like the one on Earhart ...
Des Moines City Council to consider seeking funds to build homeless village
Des Moines City Council is considering seeking funds to build a homeless village months after it approved a controversial ban ...
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Lawmakers pushing McKee hard for public emergency declaration over homelessness. Will he do it?
He acknowledged that an emergency declaration might sweep some regulations out of the way, including fire code regulations, allowing the state to open 45 empty pallet shelters, for example.
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Des Moines City Council to consider seeking funds to build homeless village
Pallet has shelters in 29 states and 119 cities ... Court ruling that said cities could arrest and fine people who are homeless for sleeping in public spaces. Many at the September meeting ...
In Her Own Words: Pallet Shelter’s Amy King works to end homelessness
Solving society’s biggest problems takes resources, understanding and input from those who best know what it’s like to be ...