Despite complaining about a lack of money, King County leaders used taxpayer dollars to fund the performance of a transgender stripper at a recent conference on homelessness. Yes, really. Beyonce Black St James was hired to twerk in attendees faces and expose his/her breasts as the audience cheered and handed over dollar bills. The stripper also gave lap dances and kissed attendees. The theme of the... 

The German government is handing out residence permits to foreign family members of “refugees” like candy while homelessness among Germans skyrockets. In 2019, approximately 9,000 residence permits have been given to foreign family members of so-called ‘refugees’ by German authorities, even though a new report has suggested that homelessness in the country has increased by as much as 20 percent. Chancellor... 

A homeless person dies on average every 19 hours in the UK, according to newly released figures. Data reveals at least 235 people affected by homelessness have died over the last six months, ranging from the ages of 16 to 104 years old. The same figures from last year showed 449 deaths in 12 months – on average one every 20 hours – indicating that the frequency at which homeless people are dying... 

A new report suggests that youth homelessness in the UK is more than eight times higher than the official figures. A new report suggests that youth homelessness in the UK is more than eight times higher than the official figures. The report has been published by Centrepoint – the UK’s leading charity for homeless young people. It says some 136,000 young people aged between 16 and 24, sought... 

A record 2.5 million children were homeless across the US in 2013, a new report says. A new report says a record 2.5 million children, nearly one child in every 30, were homeless across the United States in 2013. The report issued by the National Center on Family Homelessness on Monday showed an 8 percent increase in homeless children compared to 2012. “When you look at the resources and where they’ve... 

Thousands of US military veterans face homelessness and chronic conditions like alcoholism and post traumatic stress disorder, despite millions of dollars in government spending on the group. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has said it is extending a grant program designed to help reduce homelessness among veterans, making $600 million available over the next two years. The Department of Housing... 

A new study shows nine out of 10 families occupying aging high-rises in Toronto’s low-income neighborhoods are living in inadequate housing and risk homelessness. The University of Toronto study, released on Friday, showed half of those families live in overcrowded places and one third spend more than half their income on rent. The results of the study were published on the same day that people... 

The city of Miami has stirred controversy after a commissioner floated the idea of reneging on a landmark agreement that instructs police officers not to arrest the homeless for largely minor offenses. In 1998 Miami enacted an agreement on the heels of Pottinger v. City of Miami, which instructed law enforcement to take a soft stance on infractions such as littering, cooking a meal in public using... 

The Mayor of Athens referred to Golden Dawn as the “embarrassment” of Greece, yet the Mayor goes back to being absent when it’s time to address serious issues such as homelessness. Because of the memorandum, Greece now is going through its worst period in modern history. Unemployment is through the roof, millions are impoverished, and yet new taxes are being levied by the system on those “lucky”... 

Our wonderful economic model, you know, the one with endemic unemployment, ever-rising prices, frozen salaries, homelessness, worsening public services and increasing taxation, has failed the next generation (or three) miserably. The ILO’s latest report on employment reads like a social terrorist manual. And these are the policies blindly followed by the drivers of the western economy, the FUKUS... 

The number of people living in homeless shelters in New York City has hit a record high. The number of people living in homeless shelters in New York City has hit a record high, marking a 19-percent jump compared to 2012, a report says. The Coalition for the Homeless released its 2013 State of the Homeless report on Tuesday, revealing that an average of 50,135 New Yorkers have been sleeping in emergency...