Homelessness Archives - Oakland Voices

A new homelessness strategy is sweeping California

Federal legislation and state budget cuts put mental health programs for unhoused people at risk.

California mayors warn homelessness funding cuts could reverse progress and deepen racial disparities.

Oakland rolled back cooperative effforts of managing homelessness, advocates say.

Unhoused families said they lacked housing while waiting for affordable complex to open.

A lack of federal funding could stall progress in reducing homelessness.

Criminalizing homelessness does not solve the issue, it makes it harder for people to survive.

Governor Gavin Newsom’s homelessness task force targets encampments.

California cities are adopting policies to ban RVs and sleeping in cars on streets.

POOR Magazine offers a free screening of the film “Crushing Wheelchairs” on August 28.