homelessness

An organization in central Ohio unveiled a new tool last month to better meet the needs of its growing unhoused population. The Soap-n-Hope Mobile Hygiene Unit is a 32-foot-long trailer equipped with showers and laundry machines.

A report requested by the Community Shelter Board found that Columbus and Franklin County have 26 affordable housing units for every 100 extremely low-income households.

Documentary film "Beyond the Bridge" looks at how metropolitan areas responding to homelessness, and have found some tactics that are producing real change.

The Grants Pass vs. Johnson ruling upheld an Oregon city's ban against homeless people camping in public spaces. The decision essentially gives cities and states more latitude to punish people for sleeping in public.

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On one day in January, volunteers counted 2,380 homeless individuals in Franklin County. More than 200 people were chronically or repeatedly homeless.

Dayton police officers arrested a man, accusing him of handing out food to unhoused people without a permit. This happened on April 7 at Courthouse Square.

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The money brings the city's total allocation this year to $14.9 million. A 2023 count of the homeless population showed the number of people living in the city without a home increased by 46%.

Dad's Place in Bryan, Ohio, filed a federal lawsuit accusing the city of religious discrimination, arguing that providing food and shelter to those in need is a religious activity.