Homelessness

Congress and a court blocked a previous effort to revamp homeless programs. Even a scaled-back version marks the sharpest change in homelessness policy in a generation.

The R.V.s are seen as an eyesore — the most visible sign of the state’s homelessness crisis. Neighbors and politicians want them gone. The people who call them home feel under siege.

Republican lawmakers are publicly criticizing White House proposals to scrap federal programs that help build and rehabilitate housing for low-income Americans ahead of a midterm election dominated by affordability frustrations.

Mayor Daniel Lurie and city leaders have enforced bans on camping and moved people off sidewalks to reduce visible homelessness. Critics say too many homeless people are housed in jail.

State lawmakers declined to back a Trump-inspired plan to move 1,300 homeless people to a campus on the edge of Salt Lake City, but supporters are trying to keep the plan’s spirit alive.

Luke Shaefer and Benita Miller have a bold charge from Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield in their new jobs at the city: reduce poverty and make it easier for vulnerable Detroiters to get the help they need.

A proposed rule by the Department of Housing and Urban Development would allow strict time limits and work requirements as a condition for rental subsidies, a move that critics say could put millions of people at risk of losing such aid amid record-high housing costs and homelessness.

A growing split between low-to-middle-income families and wealthy households is changing who has access to homeownership now.

When the Trump administration proposed the rule in 2019, housing officials estimated it would also displace thousands of U.S. citizens and legal residents.