homelessness

Shelters are already seeing an influx of new clients, and facing the stark reality that more will be coming

Bills that cover social media, homeless camping, and property insurance are among a batch of bills now on the governor's desk. He can veto, sign, or let them go into effect without his signature.

Cities and counties in Florida would not be allowed to let unhoused people sleep on public property—but municipalities could set up designated public areas for camping. Many are calling it the bill cruel and unworkable as it heads to the governor's desk for consideration.

A Senate committee Monday began moving forward with a proposal aimed at preventing unhoused people from sleeping on sidewalks and in parks.

The Big Bend is going through an extended stretch of sustained low temperatures overnight. So cold night shelters will be open through Sunday night in Tallahassee.

The Big Bend Continuum of Care’s annual point-in-time survey comes as the issue of unsheltered homelessness has become a major focal point in the area. WFSU News Director Lynn Hatter and Assistant News Director Regan McCarthy will be among the volunteers helping with the count.

Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey joined up with colleagues from across the country recently at the U.S. Conference of Mayor’s winter meeting in Washington D.C.

How do you touch the lives of hundreds of people when everything you own fits in the space of a tent and a shopping cart? Friends say for Betty Scott, the answer was love.

The numbers of unhoused people in the Tallahassee area is growing and the community's primary faciliity to help them is struggling to meet the demand.

The agencies serving Florida's two largest metropolitan areas report that more seniors are seeking housing assistance, citing circumstances like rent increases at an address they've lived at for years.