homelessness

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.

Seven Fort Braden-area hopefuls differ as they discuss homelessness in Leon County Commission candidate forum.

As with much of the nation, the Leon County area has seen a steady increase in homelessness over the past few years

City Walk Urban Mission is suing the City of Tallahassee in federal court amid a battle over whether the shelter can continue operating its facility on Mahan Drive.

The Leon County Commission decided to not go forward with an ordinance that would issue citations to individuals found panhandling, sleeping in public areas, or urinating and defecating in public.

City Walk's permit request to operate a homeless shelter on Mahan Drive is rejected by Planning Commission, the case will now go to the Leon County Circuit Court.

The group will tackle such issues as crime, homelessness, and infrastructure needs along Monroe Street between Tharpe Street and Fred George Road.

Tallahassee leaders again stressed their commitment to ending homelessness at this week’s city commission meeting.