Curated Video
Marsha P. Johnson: Transgender Activist
The story of transgender activist, Marsha P. Johnson, who dedicated her life to LGBTQ+ rights.
The Guardian
Our House
Brian was down on his luck and sleeping rough in Liverpool. Lawrence was a successful hotelier and property developer. David was a self-proclaimed hippy in a dead-end job. Together they formed an unlikely alliance and created a homeless...
The Guardian
My life in a hotel room: Ireland’s hidden homeless crisis
Nuala and her teenage daughter, Laura, were suddenly evicted from their Dublin home when their landlord of 10 years was forced to sell by his creditors. They haven’t been able to find a new place to rent. Despite having been on the...
Flame Media
How one company helps tackle food waste
Food Fighter is the inspirational story of one woman who abandoned capitalism in favour of social activism. Ronni Kahn founded OzHarvest to wage war on food waste, and to expose an inconvenient truth: that four million tonnes of food is...
NPR
Working While Homeless
People who are homeless are often stereotyped as not having a job and living on the street. But many working people do not have a stable home of their own because they cannot afford it. They may live with friends or family temporarily,...
KERA
Counting Homeless Youth
Every year, volunteers from Youth Count comb the streets of Dallas looking for homeless youth. The group’s goal is to accurately count the number of young people living on the streets and collect data to help the city better meet their...
Makematic
Take Action for No Poverty (Ages 5 - 11)
Young student explains how young people are taking action on Global Goal 1: No Poverty
Book Club for Kids
Race and "Maniac Magee"
In Jerry Spinelli’s Maniac Magee, a twelve-year-old orphan runs away in search of a home and finds himself in a small Pennsylvania town segregated by race. There, the mysterious stranger, who earns the nickname “Maniac” for his legendary...
Press Association
Handing housing portfolio back to Fianna Fail would be a ‘catastrophe’ – SF
Sinn Fein’s Louise O’Reilly, Eoin O Broin and Anengus O Snodaigh say that another five years of Fianna Fail handling the housing portfolio would be a “catastrophe”. Dublin.
Press Association
Simon Harris confronts heckler who told Taoiseach he 'should be ashamed of himself'
A People Before Profit supporter confronts Taoiseach Simon Harris about the homeless and housing crisis on Dublin’s Capel Street.
Mr Harris was heckled about the state of homelessness and the housing crisis
Curated Video
Homeless service providers face huge debt, threatening to undermine their work
A measure on the ballot in Los Angeles County on Tuesday could help direct more money to homeless services, but there's a debt issue that many say will continue to exist. (Scripps News)
Press Association
Rayner promises councils help with temporary accommodation
Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Angela Rayner discusses plans to solve the temporary accommodation and housing crisis at the Local Government Association conference
Curated Video
Deadly NYC subway chokehold case jury selection begins
On Monday, jury selection began for the case of Daniel Penny, a former U.S. Marine veteran charged for putting a mentally ill man in a deadly chokehold on a New York City subway. (Scripps News)
Press Association
Starmer sets out promises to house rough sleeping veterans
Sir Keir Starmer sets out promises to house and help rough sleeping veterans and those most at risk during his speech at the Labour Party conference.
He promised to “repay” homeless veterans, saying “homes will be there for heroes”.
Curated Video
Grants Pass designate camping areas weeks after SCOTUS ruling
Weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in its favor, the City Council of Grants Pass Oregon voted unanimously Wednesday night to adopt a new camping resolution. (Scripps News)
Curated Video
Why some activists think California's crackdown makes ending homelessness harder
California Governor Gavin Newsom says he wants homeless encampments cleared in his state. That's a tall order in a place with the highest homelessness rates in the country. (Scripps News)
Press Association
Irish Government’s housing policy is a 'catastrophic failure', says Richard Boyd Barrett
People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett said the Government’s housing policy is a “catastrophic failure” after a report from the Housing Commission called for a “radical reset” of the housing policy. Leinster House, Dublin.
Press Association
Taoiseach responds after asylum seekers moved from Mount Street tents
Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris responds after asylum seekers moved from Mount Street tents.
Approximately 450 migrants were relocated to State-provided shelter during the early-morning actions.
Curated Video
Homeless residents in a suburb of Seattle struggle with camping ban
A suburb of Seattle, once considered affordable, is now a microcosm of the homeless crisis in America.
Press Association
Sinn Fein leader defends decision to send tweet showing man apparently drinking by scene of school stabbing
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald defends sending a tweet which she said was of a person sitting near the scene where a knife attack took place last Thursday.
Press Association
Tim Farron hit out against those in his party seeking to retain national housing targets
Liberal Democrat MP and former party leader Tim Farron has hit out against those in his party seeking to retain national housing targets, describing it as “Thatcherism”.
He told the party’s conference hall: “If there was a credible...
Press Association
Tanaiste Micheal Martin comments on number of homeless hitting another new record high
Tanaiste Micheal Martin comments on the latest record homeless figures in Ireland.
The number of homeless people in Ireland has risen to another new record high.
The latest figures from the Department of Housing reveal that 12,847...
Press Association
Corbyn speaks to St Mungo's workers protesting outside charity's headquarters
Workers at homeless charity St Mungo’s have launched a month-long strike on Tuesday in a dispute over pay.
Members of Unite have mounted picket lines outside offices in London, Brighton, Bristol and Oxford.